Seasoned writing conference attendees share insight on etiquette, relationship building, a few faux pas, and that thing on everyone’s mind — the pitch.

Tap into your creativity and flesh out the details of your plot with the help of a Tarot spread and the Seven Point Story Structure.

This is my short review of a small selection of self-editing software.

Using tarot to breathe life into a character can help shape both the relationships as well as the plot.

Suss out the shape of your story with tarot as a guide. Use two and three-card tarot spreads to focus your writing.

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To My Thirteen-Year-Old Self, Hey you, it’s you, but from the future – 16 years to be exact. There are so many things that will happen to you later down the line that will literally change your life forever. I can’t even begin where to start. Girl, you are going to go on a wild ...

Speaking in earnestI search for a truthThis world I resideSeeking the proof To validate lifeHard to imagineDivisiveness fluent The error of passion My hearts skips a beatMy breath becomes shallowWith thoughts of my childrenEngulfed in this shadow What will becomeOf the ground they will walkThe steps that they takeThis violence of cause I can only ...

Here at the podium strength of my life Time to now speak Settle for this Momentum is mine I pray for the weak Leave hope in the past Eternal I wish With death now surrounding every small step every last word every last breath Here at the podium I speak my last peace Pay homage ...

Succumb to nature Fallen wish Failure Mounting I Must Dismiss Negative thoughts Come in troves Death among me Run From Those Mental motions Now I pass Crystal ball In Crystal Glass I seek in you A promised wish No more struggle Hope Is Missed Image by Hans Braxmeier from Pixabay