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Let's Play in the Big Writers' Sandbox
Writing Fiction Workshop

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PLEASE NOTE: Since the instructors changed the schedule, the three podcasts follow the class. 
Part Two began taping a few minutes after the session started.

Sandbox Part One

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Sandbox Part Two

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Sandbox Part Three

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Reference materials 
and suggested reading

Ten Most Common Mistakes of First Time Novelists 
a handout by Toni Lopopolo
Self-editing for Fiction Writers 
by  Rennie Brown and Dave King
Stein on Writing by Sol Stein
The Fiction Writer's Handbook
by Shelly Lowenkopf
Sin and Syntax - How to craft wicked good prose 
by Constance Hale
VEX, hex, SMASH, smooch - let verbs power your writing 
by Constance Hale
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