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Birthing Stories: Five in Thirty-Five by Brittany Rainsdon

October 10, 2018

I’m Brittany. I’m a nurse. I’m also a mom. I just had a baby. And I got my fourth quarter entry in for the Writers of the Future Contest while working around giving birth.

Author Scott Parkin (right) with fans at SLC FanX18

Writer or Author? How to start a story playing with a question…

September 18, 2018

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Writers of the Future winner and author, Scott Parkin, talks about how to start a story as a key element in establishing things to write about.

How To Start Writing

August 24, 2018

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I have always known that I am a writer. With the kind of knowing you feel deep in your bones and emanates from the very core of your being. And as writers must do, I write. Although that wasn’t always the case. How to start writing...

A Different Kind of Writing Workshop

August 21, 2018

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When L. Ron Hubbard initiated the Writers of the Future contest, he knew that there would be awards and publications for the winners. As Algis Budry, the first contest administrator put it to me, “He wanted to make sure that this helped launch new writers.

L. Ron Hubbard as president of the New York Chapter of the American Fiction Guild in 1936

Advice to the Word-Weary by L. Ron Hubbard

August 17, 2018

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He wanted, he claimed, an article in which there was a great deal of sound advice about writing and a number of examples.

Pulp magazine covers featuring L. Ron Hubbard stories

History of Helping New Writers by Algis Budrys

August 14, 2018

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Novice writers who hoped to learn his storytelling and story-selling skills often consulted L. Ron Hubbard for advice. He was happy to offer suggestions and so he began sharing his hard-earned experience with creative writing students.

David Farland winning Writers of the Future Contest in 1987

Prize Writing—Three Things to Know

August 8, 2018

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If you think about it deeply, everything that you write is really for a competition. You’re competing for publication with other writers, for promotional monies from the marketing departments of various publishers, for literary awards, and of course for your reading audience.