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A good story is like a motorcycle. All the parts move together and move forward. (7-8-99)
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Outlines: Mapquest for novelists, or soul-killing, oxygen-sucking waste of time?
Outlines: Mapquest for novelists, or soul-killing, oxygen-sucking waste of time?. (A great glimpse into how Leonard Bishop keeps affecting the lives of writers! )
Writer’s Hint: How to Survive While Waiting to be A Professional Writer
From Leonard Bishop, Author of Dare to Be a Great Writer If you feel like a failure, go back into your past and find a time of accomplishment for something you once thought impossible. Change the “inner editor” (Instead of … Continue reading
Need A Plot? Experts Recycle Them
By Leonard Bishop, Author of Dare To Be A Great Writer There are three reference books that all unpublished (and many already published) writers must own: One Hundred Non-Royalty One-Act Plays (Grosset and Dunlap), 101 of the World’s Greatest … Continue reading
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Closet Writers Usually Turn To Dust
By Leonard Bishop There is a reason why many writers do not remain in the small towns of Kansas to achieve their recognition. There are no writing environments to keep them. A “writing environment” is a place where inexperienced … Continue reading
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Multiple Viewpoints: Farrell is example; Writers come, go
By Leonard Bishop Sensible writers live with the knowledge that no matter how great or popular they become, they are quickly replaceable. Who today, ever reads or remembers James T. Farrell? In the 1930’s, 1940’s, and into the 1950’s, writers … Continue reading
Multiple Viewpoints
Coming to this site: We will be featuring Leonard Bishop, a best-selling author and writing teacher. We hope you are entertained and enlightened. He always did that for us, his family, fellow writers, and students. We hope to pass it … Continue reading
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