Jerry Craven

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The following tip sheets might be useful to writers wanting to improve their craft. 
 

commercial fiction

creative nonfiction

the opening hook for fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry

showing and telling

children's fiction

Van Vogt on Story Structure

The Enneagram, a tool for creating characters by offering

     the illusion of reality

children's nonfiction: how to sell publishers a series of nonfiction

     books for children

Dialogue Tags and Saidisms advice on telling who said what without annoying your readers

Using Flashbacks