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Expert Profile: Susan Rand

Expertise:  Questions about writing in general, creativity (how to make your writing totally YOU - unique as you are); how to make it stand out from the competition; how to spark your creative juices; how to make it flow; how to make your characters seem like real people; how to control emotion in the reader and much more! Please no homework questions.

Experience in the area
I have been writing and teaching writing for several decades. I have written 5 books and several short stories. Over the years I have read and studied many books on "how to write." I can correct spelling and usage mistakes, and I know punctuation.

Education/Credentials
BA in the Humanities, with an emphasis on Written Communication, 1982

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What do you like about this subject?  When still a baby, I loved being read to, and my father, who was disabled, passed his recovery time reading to me. In 1st grade I learned to write, and I have been writing ever since. If I don't spend some time writing each day, I feel like a failure. So I write every day!
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?  I hope to enjoy using my creativity in writing and teaching writing for many years to come.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:  The future is in ePublishing! Set up your own simple webpage and display your writing! Contact me to learn how.
Something controversial or provocative about this subject  Again, ePublishing!
Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 8802
Knowledge   9.86   Best of the best
Clarity of Response   9.82   Best of the best
Timeliness   9.89   Best of the best
Politeness   9.94   Best of the best
Number Of Questions
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0
Max Questions to be Asked
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15
Total Questions
(since joining AllExperts)
361
Recent Reviews from Users
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User Comments
That helped me very much, thank you. I might consider visiting your website if anything here gets uglier. Thanks! -Auxana
(Auxana on 09/27/08)
Thank you very much...You earned your points..
(Val on 08/25/08)
Thanks for your guidance.
(Nicky on 07/30/08)
thx, sorry I asked so many questions and i realize i was kind of vague, but what you said about patterns makes sense. :)
(Elizabeth on 02/16/08)
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Recent Answers from Susan Rand
2008-09-26  Plot Line Help Hello Auxana: There are things you can add or amplify to stretch your story out, but I can't tell what would be best without seeing your script - for one reason, much depends on the point of view you...
2008-08-23  How can I improve? Hello Caleb: No one is "doomed to writing mediocre works." Your work can surely improve, with help. Make no mistake, this may, in your opinion, be an uncommon question, but it is a very common problem...
2008-08-16  setting questions Hello Evan: If this is your first novel, and I assume it is, you have certainly set a challenge for yourself. Of course you have not said what you intend to do with the book once it's finished. If you...
2008-07-30  Setting Hello Nicky: My writing professor in college used to say, "Fantasy characters in our world, or human characters in a fantasy world, but not both." Setting is very important to readers, because it...
2008-05-02  Detail level... Hello Kincaid: You raise a number of significant questions (way too many to answer in this space!). I cannot tell whether your prose is bland and if so, why, without having a look at it. The same goes...
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