21+ LGBTQIA+ Books Telling Powerful Stories
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8 powerful books to help you overcome fear of rejection
If you fear rejection, you’re not alone. The problem is, your fear of rejection holds you back. It makes you hesitate before you write a pitch and tells you that no one wants to read your story anyway. Thus you resist doing the work that needs to be done if you want...
15 rules for writing you should never break
It can be difficult for creatives to follow a strict rule book, but there are some writing rules that are universal. You may be happy to have a list to guide your writing. Or you might decide I’m an idiot. How can you put limits on creativity? Well, these are the...
How a short story will make you a better storyteller
A short story teaches us to turn the world just a little on the side so we can see our regular lives in a new way, and the brevity of the form forces us to pay attention to every detail. The stories you tell offer your readers a message. You’re letting them know what...
9 nonfiction books that challenge you to think differently
If you want to hone your writing craft, then you must read. Read everything. Fiction, non-fiction and everything in between. Nonfiction books, in particular, can help you your writing from a different perspective. But nonfiction reading doesn’t just help us think...About Leigh
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