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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.

Sometimes, Ya Just Gotta Rhyme

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April 6, 2017

Let’s Talk Sources

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March 30, 2017

Don’t Be Bored

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March 23, 2017

Talk About Money

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March 16, 2017

Learning to Write Short

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March 9, 2017

Prewriting: Preparing for Success

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March 2, 2017

Five Tips for Success

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February 23, 2017

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Five Common Character Motivations of Value to Writers | IFW

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February 16, 2017

Change, The One Constant

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February 9, 2017

Help! I’m Stuck!

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February 2, 2017

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Four Tips for Building a Successful Mystery | IFW

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January 26, 2017

Begin As You Hope to Continue

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January 19, 2017

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Can Lack of Research Kill a Writer ? Institute For Writers

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January 12, 2017

Picture Books: Sound, Story, and Emotion

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January 5, 2017

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Time Management Tips When You Have No Time to Manage | IFW

How do people manage to fit in a busy life, work activities, AND writing? let’s look at 7 time management tips to help you fit writing into your busy day.

March 3, 2016