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274 275 276 277 278 279 </head> 280 <body id="sys_background"> 281 <div class="layout"> 282 <div class="top"></div> 283 <div class="middle"> 284 <div class="content"> 285 <div id="sys_banner"> 286 <div class="shadow"> 287 <h1 style="text-align:right;"><a id="sys_heading" href="./" style="color:#ffdd99;font-size:32px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Jerry Craven ~ Tips for Writers</a></h1> 288 </div> 289 </div> 290 <div class='sys_navigation'> 291 <div class="ys_nav"> 292 <div class="ys_nav_wrap"> 293 <ul class='sys_navigation'> 294 <li id="ys_menu_0" class="first"><a href="./" title="Home">Home</a></li> 295 <li id="ys_menu_1"><a href="about-jerry-craven.php" title="About Jerry Craven">About</a></li> 296 <li id="ys_menu_2"><a href="graphic-art.php" title="Graphic Art">Graphic Art</a></li> 297 <li id="ys_menu_3" class="selected"><a href="tips-for-writers.php" title="Tips for Writers">Tips for Writers</a></li> 298 <li id="ys_menu_4"><a href="texas-5-x-5.php" title="Texas 5 x 5">Texas 5 x 5</a></li> 299 <li id="ys_menu_5"><a href="contact-us.php" title="Contact Jerry Craven">Contact</a></li> 300 <li id="ys_menu_6" class="last"><a href="techwriting.php" title="TechWriting">TechWriting</a></li> 301 </ul> 302 303 </div> 304 </div> 305 </div> 306 <div class="layout_2-column-left" id="content"> 307 <style media="screen"> 308 .layout_1-column { 309 width: 100%; 310 padding: 0; 311 margin: 0; 312 } 313 314 .layout_1-column:after { 315 content: ""; 316 display: table; 317 clear: both; 318 } 319 320 .zone_top { 321 margin: 0; 322 padding: 5px; 323 vertical-align: top; 324 line-height: normal; 325 min-width: 100px; 326 } 327</style> 328 329<div class="layout_1-column sys_layout"> 330 <div id="layout_row1"> 331 <div id="sys_region_1" class="zone_top" ><div id="I49" style="display:block;clear: both;" class="Text_Default"><style>.old_text_widget img {max-width: 100%;height: auto;}.old_text_wdiget {margin: 0;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;color: ;font: ;background-color: ;}</style><div id="I49_sys_txt" class="sys_txt old_text_widget clear_fix"><p> <span style="color: rgb(114, 76, 76); font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; ">The following tip sheets might be useful to writers wanting to improve their craft. </span></p><div class="F_Mid" style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; text-align: left; font-size: 20px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font color="#0000ff"><a href="resources/Creative%20Nonfiction.pdf">creative nonfiction</a></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font color="#0000ff"><a href="resources/the%20opening%20hook.pdf">the opening hook</a></font><font color="#724c4c"> for fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font color="#0000ff"><a href="resources/showing%20and%20telling.pdf">showing and telling</a></font><font color="#724c4c"> </font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font color="#0000ff"><a href="resources/children's%20fiction.pdf">children's fiction</a> </font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font color="#0000ff"><a href="resources/Commercial%20Fiction%20Structure.pdf">commercial fiction</a></font> 332</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> <a href="resources/1-a-HandoutParallelH.pdf" target="_blank">hooks in chapters of novels</a> consider opening chapters of a novel with a hook and closing them with another hook to move the reader into the next chapter. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font color="#0000ff"><a href="resources/Van%20Vogt%20on%20Story%20Structure1.pdf">Van Vogt on Story Structure</a></font><font color="#724c4c"> </font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font color="#0000ff"><a href="resources/The%20Enneagram.pdf">The Enneagram</a></font><font color="#724c4c">, a tool for creating characters by offering</font></p><p style="color: rgb(114, 76, 76); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> the illusion of reality</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font color="#0000ff"><a href="resources/Children's%20Nonfiction.pdf">children's nonfiction</a></font><font color="#724c4c">: how to sell publishers a series of nonfiction</font></p><p style="color: rgb(114, 76, 76); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "> books for children</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><font color="#0000ff"><a href="resources/Dialog%20Tags%20and%20Saidisms.pdf">Dialogue Tags and Saidisms</a></font><font color="#724c4c">: advice on telling who said what without annoying your readers</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; 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