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Teaching Me To Keep Writing
by Jennie Jarvis As a writer, I’ve had a lot of teachers guide me on my journey to get all those pesky stories out of my head and onto the page. Some of them guided me in a classroom, such as Hal...
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Publication News – The Reckoning by Jennie Jarvis
5writers.com’s own Jennie Jarvis is delighted to announce that her short story “The Reckoning” was just published in the Autumn 2016 Issue of the digital literary magazine Bad Apple Zine. It’s a...
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Refilling The Well: Getting Re-inspired After A Creative Drought by Jennie...
By Jennie Jarvis Have you ever had a period of time where the very idea of writing stresses you out? You remember what writing is, don’t you? That thing you used to do, long ago, that gave you so much...
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Using Pinterest As a Research Tool
by Jennie Jarvis As a fiction writer, most of my job entails making crap up. Yes, my stories are based in realities, and it’s important for those realties to ring true in the hearts and minds of my...
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In the Wake of Tragedy
By Jennie Jarvis The world was shocked Sunday morning to awaken to the news of the Pulse Nightclub shooting here in Orlando, Florida. I found out when my father-in-law sent me a text warning me from...
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Making the Leap From Scene to Scene: Transitions
by Jennie Jarvis When sitting down to write a story, it’s so easy to get caught up in “bullet point” thinking: This happens, then this happens, then this happens. But, if you don’t pay attention to the...
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Happy Tears and Sad Laughter: Displaying Emotions In A Human Way
by Jennie Jarvis In 2011, my father died of cancer. I had a great relationships with my dad, so, as you can imagine, this really sucked. When it came time to plan his funeral, however, I refused to let...
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2016 is The Year of Positive Energy
by Jennie Jarvis Happy New Year to all our regular 5writers.com readers! Each year, we love to start the year by telling you our goals in the hopes that it will show you that you aren’t alone in your...
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2015: Looking Back at a Year in Flux
By Jennie Jarvis Each December, we here at 5writers.com like to look back at the year and reflect on how we did with our writing goals. Sadly, this year, I completely sucked. I started off the year...
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Writing For Young Audiences
by Jennie Jarvis Last month, I had the privilege of moderating a panel at the Florida Writers Conference on writing for young audiences. Speaking on the panel were the following dynamic writers: New...
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Are You Ready For This? Six Questions To Ask Before Receiving Feedback On...
By Jennie Jarvis So you just finished your newest short story, novel manuscript or screenplay, and you are stoked! You know it’s one of the best things you’ve ever written. This is the thing that’s...
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Support Them As You Help Them Grow: Giving Feedback
by Jennie Jarvis This month at 5writers.com, we are going to be talking about one of the most important things we can do for our writing community – giving feedback. Let’s face it. If we were stuck in...
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Preparing For A Writing Conference
By Jennie Jarvis As many of you may know, we are smack dab in the middle of Conference season, and hopefully this means that you have already attended a Writing Conference this year or you are planning...
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Writing is Pre-Writing
By Jennie Jarvis Growing up, I always heard the well-known expression “Writing is Rewriting.” But once I started my formal training as a screenwriter, I heard something much different – “Writing is...
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Adapting Writing Boundaries to the Fur Children
By Jennie Jarvis When I lived in Los Angeles, I had the best writing companion. Each afternoon, I would turn to my sweet dog Arnold and say “It’s time to go to work!” He wound bound up the stairs,...
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Special Edition: Forgive and Get On With It: Getting Back Into Writing After...
By Jennie Jarvis Let’s face it: Sometimes, life throws us some curve balls that can affect our writing. It might be something as innocent as things getting busy at work, but it could also be something...
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Jennie’s Top Ten List of What You Should be Watching Now
by Jennie Jarvis Summer is upon us, and for film lovers, that means one thing – Summer Movie Blockbusters! At the time of writing this, Jurassic World already made enough money on its opening day to...
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The Lunatics Who Built The Asylum
By Jennie Jarvis This month, we are looking back at the writers who inspired us, and I have to admit… I’m starting to think I might be just a little bit crazy. I always knew this to a degree, of...
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The Secret to Writing Fantasy: Reality
by Jennie Jarvis In both my screenwriting and my novel writing, a lot of my work has been in the fantasy genre. I’ve created worlds where leprechauns play tricksters, where yokai run shops, and where a...
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All You Need Is Decency: Networking and Butt Sniffing For Beginners
By Jennie Jarvis As the Faculty Chairperson for the Florida Writers Conference, and as an attendee at countless other writing conferences and film festivals, I’ve come to learn how terribly awkward...
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