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Cynthia Ruchti

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Comes and Goes

May 1, 2022 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  59 Comments

Comes and goes? How does that subject line relate to writers and the publishing industry?

Sometimes a word picture or metaphor will communicate a hard-to-understand truth, which is why this blog post relies on two.

Much of the issue that …

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Slice and Dice

March 13, 2022 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  14 Comments

When your work in progress is too long, as in WAY too long, how does a writer slice and dice words that are just shy of precious?

A client who gave me permission to share this but will remain anonymous …

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Day Hikers

January 23, 2022 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  8 Comments

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In his book Letters from the Mountain (Rabbit Room Press), author Ben Palpant writes to his writer-daughter about this ascent up the mountain called writing. Page after page of this intimate encouragement of a well-traveled author-dad for his …

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Set for a Reset

December 13, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  15 Comments

I’m borrowing inspiration today from one of my clients. As one year draws to a close and another is peeking over the horizon, she was compelled to consider, “What’s next?”

Rather than merely wonder, she pulled together a plan to …

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Small Changes

November 21, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  16 Comments

 

small changesDon’t small changes sound like they should naturally connect to small impact? Listed here are ten small changes with surprisingly potent impact on both nonfiction and fiction.

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And is a useful word. It can, however, become as unsightly …

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The Role of Disappointment

November 1, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  19 Comments

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It may seem counterintuitive to consider the priceless role of disappointment, or that disappointment could bear any positive role, much less priceless. But many veteran authors–none of whom (NONE) have escaped disappointment–attest that lessons learned at the …

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Conquer Dialogue Punctuation

October 11, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  13 Comments

I really wanted to title this “Conquer Dialogue Punctuation, PLEASE!” but thought it might be a bit much. It’s not easy. Let’s all admit that. No one is born knowing how. And writers have all kinds of excuses for struggling …

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What to Leave Out

September 20, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  17 Comments

Are you writing a book proposal? Have you included everything an agent or editor might need? Great. Have you gone through to make sure you have left out the parts an editor or agent won’t want or need to see?…

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When Life Gets in the Way

August 29, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  20 Comments

I posted the basic concept of this article a few years ago. In revisiting it, I found it at least as true now as it was then, if not more so. You may have observed something similar.

Life gets in …

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Writer Hacks

August 9, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  31 Comments

If you want to write faster, or with more emotion on the page, or more compellingly, or without losing track of who’s who, or losing your mind, you may need a writer hack.

A quick online search will reveal hacks …

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