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Starting Out

By Kate Gould

Starting out, a good place to begin is to decide where you want to write.  Find a place – and attire, if necessary – that inspires or just gives you a little space to think.  Think about how you want to write.  Places and practices vary.  Here are some recommendations for finding yours.


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About the author:

Kate Gould has worked as an editor, book critic, columnist, slush pile reader, writing competition judge, hotel critic, magazine editor, English teacher, and research assistant. She is now Chief Editorial Consultant at The Fine Line and author of The Pocketbook of Prompts: 52 Ideas for a Story and The Perfect Word: The Fine Line Writing Course. Her book on flashers, Exposing Phallacy, is to be published by Zero Books.


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