According to William Strunk Jr.’s Elements of Style, “Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.” Too many details cause the minds of your audience to wander. Know when […]
Saturday April 23, 2016 Terra L. Fletcher will be teaching the following social media for writers workshop at Red Oak Writing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Social Media Demystified: A Workshop for Writers Does social media work for writers? Terra will dispel common misconceptions while sharing industry best practices. Extend your influence by leveraging Facebook, Twitter, blogs, […]
As a speaker at the Lakefly Literary Conference in Oshkosh, I had the grand privilege of educating myself as a writer and speaker on May 10 and 11, 2013. Please enjoy a few of the tidbits I took home with me. From the Keynote by Mort Castle “Why do I write horror? Because my name […]
