Diana Stout

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Michael Hauge on StorySelling

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          Ever since I attended Michael’s weekend screenwriting workshop in Atlanta back in 1997, my writing changed dramatically. Of late, I’ve been debating how to share my knowledge and experience so I can help other writers. I so enjoyed helping others when teaching and watching their success as they became better writers that I’ve been wanting to continue that journey of sharing & teaching.
         Just participating in this webinar, I learned something new. Signing up and going through the introductory exercise in preparing for Saturday, I feel like I have a new business plan. I was forced to really think about my end goal.
        I’m excited about the future and looking forward to this Saturday’s class on August 28, 2020. Take a look at his webinar here and see if don’t learn something new, too.

NEW RELEASE!

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New October Release!

Love’s New Beginnings

Charlene Walker’s life as a concert pianist is in shambles because of a mugging that left her with a broken arm. Now, she’s learned she’s inherited an apple orchard business she doesn’t want and a partner she doesn’t trust.

The last thing Logan Taylor wants is a new partner, especially a woman. He doesn’t trust easily. He believes, once her arm has healed, she’ll leave him and the business just like his wife did after the birth of their son.

Forced to work together, they come to an understanding, which grows into friendship. And then, the news she never wanted to hear arrives, forces her into a new beginning, making unexpected decisions.

 

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Keri Kruspe Guest Blogger – Part II

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On the Other Hand…things I’ve done right

In Keri’s first blog she talked about what she wished she’d known before publishing her first book. Here, she talks about what she’s doing right.

Many of her mistakes were mine, too. I find that via the questions many new writers are asking in various online writers’ groups I belong to, that they’re making the same mistakes, as well.

Babies don’t come with instruction, neither is there one handbook for new writers. However, there are lots of books, media groups, and local/regional groups where new writers can find help. And thankfully, there’s always Google!

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Failures – Part IV: 7 Lessons of Failure as a Writer

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7 Lessons of Failure as a Writer

People look at me and see success. Published in multiple media, in multiple genres, with various awards. With an MFA and a Ph.D., too, but there have been many failures along the way.

I have failed so many times I’ve lost count, from beginning, middle, and end.

In the beginning, I couldn’t get anything published. I tried big publications, national publications, regional, and small publications. All submissions boomeranged back. Once in a while, I’d get a handwritten note at the bottom of the mimeographed rejection, saying, I like your voice, or Please submit to us in the future…

Behind the Scenes with Diana Stout, MFA, PhD

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SHOULD’A…COULD’A…WOULD’A… What I wished I’d done differently

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Today, I have a guest blogger.

Keri Kruspe, fellow writer and friend, writes this blog and shares with you her experiences as a first-time author and what she wished she had known beforehand. I wish I had known, too.

Behind the Scenes with Diana Stout, MFA, PhD

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Insecure Writer’s Support Group blog for July 3, 2019

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This month’s question: What personal traits have you written into your character(s)?

My response isn’t about specific traits but rather the one thing that drives the character(s), and which often says a lot about their traits.

Check out my blog here.

For more information about The Insecure Writer’s Support Group

 

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