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Developing your writer's skill set. If you’ve been following my blogs you know we’ve been working on developing the writer’s skill set. Hopefully you’ve made some choices that fit you. Outlining a story or writing from the seat of your pants, choosing a place and time to write, and a method of putting down words. Pen to paper, typewriter, or computer. These all help establish your writer’s skill set, but now we come to a moment of truth. Knowing how many words you write an h
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Developing your writer's skill set In my last Blog entry I talked about the importance of knowing your writer’s skill set, and looked at accepted methods for working through a story. It’s doesn’t matter weather you write an outline or write from the seat of your pants. Whatever your choice that decision makes it part of your skill set. I spoke of your writer’s skill set as being comprised of knowings: knowing how to pull yourself out of the minutiae that makes up your life is
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Find out how knowing my skill set helped me write Urban Legend in 5 days. My name is Kit Crumb; I live in the Southern Cascade mountain range where I write stories of adventure fiction, mystery, and life on the edge. I’m a motorcycle rider, and martial artist of 50 years. I love old mines, treasure hunting, and the great out doors. What I’ve learned in over 25 years of writing 30+ books is that the time away from the keyboard is as important as your writing. Away time, as I c
