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		<title>Die Laughing: The Art Of Writing Humorous Mysteries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing is a fun and fulfilling profession, but it requires hard work to get it right. Trying to piece together a quality mystery story takes time, but trying to make it a humorous mystery takes even more time, patience and a certain &#8220;knack&#8221; for humour writing. Just like with anything else, practice makes perfect. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humorous Essayists From Mark Twain To David Sedaris</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing a humorous essay can be a rather difficult and daunting task for even the best of writers. The importance of getting your words and ideas just right cannot be understood enough when writing humor. Many have tried to write a humorous story, but have failed in the process. A simple and easy way to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Breathe!: Anger Management For Writers of Political Blogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing about political topics can be a stressful and emotional thing to do, especially if you feel that you have to control your words when doing so. There are many techniques that allow you to express your political views without having to be too brazen about the topics. Just like there are proper ways to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thewritingzone.com/2011/12/19/just-breathe-anger-management-for-writers-of-political-blogs/</link>
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		<title>Writing Regency Romances &#8211; Three Authors To Read And Learn From</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a Regency romance writer, it is tempting to read only today&#8217;s leading authors in the genre. Reading works from the past gives a broader sense of the style. Reading book series in other genres can teach how other authors develop loyal readers. Barbara Cartland will forever be the &#8220;Queen of Romance Novels.&#8221; She churned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Your Way Through College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[College is a tough time for everyone but even more so for budding writers. If you went off to school and had to think about things like california internet and dorm assignments rather than your newest short story, take our advice for getting back in the mindset Get With the Paper: Most schools have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Create Interesting And Non-Cliched Science Fiction Characters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The science fiction genre, along with the pulp detective and crime novel, is easily one of the most stereotyped and clichd genres in literature. Science fiction is populated with stock heroes and villains. The majority of the characters in an average sci-fi novel are flat and one dimensional; they do not exist in the novel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving An Authentic Period Feel To Your Western Novel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important things that any writer can do to add an authentic period feel to their western novel is to research the setting and historical events that the novel will take place around. As far as the setting goes, if the novel is supposed to take place in the southwest then read [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thewritingzone.com/2011/08/20/giving-an-authentic-period-feel-to-your-western-novel/</link>
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		<title>Jane Austen: Required Reading For Every Aspiring Romance Novelist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jane Austen: Required Reading For Every Aspiring Romance Novelist. Jane Austen has been viewed in various lights depending on the period in literature. Being a woman novelist and born of the time period when this was still a stigma, she suffered the unbalanced views of her works that were unduly prejudiced. Although she failed to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thewritingzone.com/2011/08/18/jane-austen-required-reading-for-every-aspiring-romance-novelist/</link>
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		<title>Stephen King And The Art Of Compelling Storytelling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When writing different genres, writers employ different skills. For example, writers who are inclined towards romance concentrate on the emotional connections and love towards one another. Writers of action concentrate on the tempos of the story and the situations that they present. Finally, writers of horror find themselves concentrating more on the reader, trying to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thewritingzone.com/2011/08/15/stephen-king-and-the-art-of-compelling-storytelling/</link>
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