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Writers' Nook
 
Welcome to the Writers' Nook on Skateboard.

I hope you'll enjoy participating here, and will share your works in progress.

The Writers' Nook has a newsgroup where you can post your works in progress, provide and receive supportive and friendly critique, and talk about anything to do with writing!


Non-Fiction Writers' Workshops

We're honored to have Carolyn Dekat's notes published here from her Non-Fiction Writers' Workshops on MSN's Women's Community.

Carolyn lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with her husband, her two boys and a pet iguana.

As a homeschooling mom, learning is top priority in Carolyn's family-- not just for the children, but for her as well. Getting online opened up endless learning opportunities. The most rewarding discovery for her was Women Writers Online. Always a writer at heart, WWOL opened a way for her to make new friends, get critiques of her work, and participate in writing workshops -- all without having to hire a sitter!

Her writing accomplishments include several articles for homeschooling journals across the United States, and contest placement with short fiction and children's stories. She also enjoys writing essays. Thanks to the encouragement of her friends at WWOL, she plans to stretch her limits and tackle longer writing projects in upcoming months.

When she's not spending time with her family, offline and on, she volunteers to teach individual Bible study courses, reads, gardens, and surfs for information on her favorite subjects -- history and lighthouses.

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Non-Fiction Writers Workshop:
      Query Letters, 1
      Query Letters, 2
      Query Letters, 3
      Query Letters, Final Check
      Article Structure
      Interviews
      Analyzing a Magazine
      Feasibility Study
      Feasibility Chat
      Conducting Interviews
      Research
      Good Start
      You Can Get the Pictures, Too
      Using Market Listings
      Style and Voice
      Ending It All
      Nouns and Verbs
      After Acceptance
      Revising
      Setting Goals
      Tools of the Trade
      Motivation
      Know Thyself
      Stages to Success
      Critique
      How to Get Ideas
      Pre-Writing
      Characters
      Plot
      Scenes
      Journaling for Creativity
      Travel Writing, During the Trip
      Writing the Travel Article




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