Long-time subscribers to my free monthly newsletter know that I spent over four years teaching Advanced English Writing at several universities in China, and that I've been a writing guru on the Internet for even longer. Here are my articles from those days.

• About Writing by Michael LaRocca - Never pay to be published!
• Beware Of These Writing Scams by Michael LaRocca
• Common Writing Mistakes by Michael LaRocca
• How To Break Into Print Publishing by Michael LaRocca
• You're published! How do you tell the readers? by Michael LaRocca
• Websites & Newsletters by Michael LaRocca

• Writing Class I: Freewriting
• Writing Class II: Willie Stone (Narrative)
• Writing Class III: Chestnut Street (Description)
• Writing Class IV: John Masefield (Character Description)
• Writing Class V: My Average Uncle (Character Description)
• Voice Exercises by Kate Grenville
• Improvisation Exercises by Kate Grenville
• Point of View Exercises by Kate Grenville

• What Is The Secret of Good Writing? by Lu Xun
• Excerpts by Lu Xun
• Timequake Excerpts by Kurt Vonnegut
• What Writing Is by Stephen King
• Car Horns by Michael LaRocca
• Very by Michael LaRocca
• Learning How To Write by Michael LaRocca
• Get Rich Writing Fiction by Michael LaRocca
• The One-Plot Wonder by Michael LaRocca
• Writer School? by Michael LaRocca
• Voice in Narrative and Dialogue by Michael LaRocca
• The Worst Analogies in High School Writing
• How Not To Get Published by Michael LaRocca
• Copyrights Revisited by Michael LaRocca
• How Long? by Michael LaRocca
• Why Do We Publish? by Michael LaRocca

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