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ICL’s weekly blog article features freelance writer Jan Fields.

With over 100 published books and magazine articles, Jan delivers first-hand knowledge on how to sharpen, submit, and market your writing. Jan’s articles explore inevitable writing struggles and offers tireless strategies and techniques to support you in reaching your writing goals.

Setting the Stage: More On Props

Using props in your setting can give your character interesting things to do and what your character chooses to do will tell the reader about their personality.

May 23, 2019

Choosing a Point of View

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May 16, 2019

Elements of Setting

Lengthy descriptions of setting can feel slow and gratuitous, but we mustn’t throw away this essential, tool. Let’s talk about how to do setting well.

May 9, 2019

Setting the Stage: Scenes

Scenes are the building blocks of the story. A scene is simply the action and dialogue that takes place at a specific location in a specific time in the story.

May 2, 2019

Getting Unstuck

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April 25, 2019

Let’s Talk About Plot

Many writers struggle with plot. Plot has to mix and blend characters, theme, premise, and more. So, let’s break down the essentials of plot.

April 18, 2019

Check Your Clutter

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April 11, 2019

Yeah, It’s Work

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April 4, 2019

Harnessing the Power of No

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March 28, 2019

Falling in Love

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March 21, 2019

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Dialogue Attribution: Small Thing, Big Effect | IFW

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March 14, 2019

All Done, or Not?

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March 7, 2019

The Value of Road Maps

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February 28, 2019

A Tale of Two Payments

There are two ways to be paid in children’s publishing: a traditional publishing contract and work-for-hire. Let’s talk about which one might be right for you.

February 21, 2019