Polly talks with fiction writer and MFA Director Christopher Coake about the process and the personal aspects of writing fiction.

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Polly goes inside the writer's mind and talks about how to keep writing even when life throws emotionally hard hurdles in our path. The writing might just be the thing to help us through.

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Add these strategies to your writing and revision process and you will create better work and publish more often.

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Award-winning novelist and short-story author, Art Taylor, talks about process, inspiration, and the six-sentence story method.

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A good ending will keep readers engaged in your story long after they put it down. The best serve-up and combination of interesting details or information while creating powerful feelings that will linger with the reader. In this episode, Polly shares some strategies for writing solid endings.

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Wendi Aarons, author of I'm Wearing Tunics Now, Ginger Mancino Kid Comedian is here to talk about crafting comedy and the serious side of writing humor.

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Openings, ledes, beginnings, whatever you call them they better be compelling and hook your reader. In today's episode, we talk about some ways to do it and Polly goes off on one her favorites for the In the Desk segments.

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Screenwriter, consultant, and novelist Wendall Thomas, author of Foged Off, and other Cyd Redondo novels, talks about optioning scripts, writing comic novels, and managing multiple projects.

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Learn about what content marketing writing is and how you can cultivate clients and develop a lucrative career from Jennifer GoForth Gregory, author of

The Freelance Content Marketing Writer.

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The clearer you are about what your story is about, the clearer your writing will be and that's good for you and the readers.

Assignment: Hone your focus.

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