List: Greatest Hits | Curated by Margery Bayne

Aug 25, 2023
25 stories
Greatest HitsMy most popular stories on Medium
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
Can You Write a Short Story in One Draft?The art of one and done
Aug 9, 2023
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Aug 9, 2023
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
(Almost) Every Type of POV Writers Need to Know AboutThere is more than just the first and third
May 10, 2023
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May 10, 2023
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
The Elements of Story for Short Story WritersApplying the six to short fiction
Apr 5, 2023
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Apr 5, 2023
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
Punctuation for Creative Writers, Part 1May I interject? On dots, dashes, and parentheses
Mar 8, 2023
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Mar 8, 2023
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
Four Beginner Proofreading Mistakes to AvoidWhat you can’t rely on when editing your own writing
Jan 18, 2023
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Jan 18, 2023
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
Making the Magic of Short StoriesFour tips for making your short fiction the best it can be
Aug 17, 2022
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Aug 17, 2022
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
3 Types of Hidden Filler Words To Edit From Your WritingRedundancies, redundancies, redundancies
Apr 13, 2022
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Apr 13, 2022
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
Common Fiction Writing Rules To Kick to The WaysideAnd what we can learn from doing it differently
Feb 2, 2022
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Feb 2, 2022
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
Two Beginner Writer Mistakes That Turn Away ReadersBig problems with easy fixes
Feb 9, 2022
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Feb 9, 2022
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
What I Learned About Fiction Writing From Being a LibrarianYour ideas aren’t as weird as you think… or as original
Jan 26, 2022
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Jan 26, 2022
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
The Biggest Dialogue MistakeHow to avoid stilted and unnatural dialogue
Jan 19, 2022
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Jan 19, 2022
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
Literary Markets for Short Stories and Where to Find ThemPublishing short stories for beginners
Jan 31, 2020
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Jan 31, 2020
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
Three Hacks for Starting Your StoryHow to get of your way to get words on the page
Apr 20, 2021
Apr 20, 2021
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A Thousand Lives
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Margery Bayne
How Using Public Libraries Supports AuthorsThe guilt-free way to get books for free
Jul 7, 2021
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Jul 7, 2021
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
Toxic Writing Ideas to Leave Behind in 2022New year, new writer
Dec 29, 2021
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Dec 29, 2021
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
Four Reasons Aspiring Novelist Should Be Writing Short StoriesHow writing short stories is good for your craft and your career
Jan 21, 2020
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Jan 21, 2020
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
Why 500 Words a Day is the Perfect Goal for Writers with a Day JobHow this modest writing goal can work wonders for you
Mar 26, 2020
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Mar 26, 2020
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
Three Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Short StoriesThe writing pitfalls that make your short fiction boring and unpublishable, and how to get out of them
May 3, 2020
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May 3, 2020
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
Learn To Write How Only You Can WriteThree praxis for developing your individual writing style
Sep 15, 2021
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Sep 15, 2021
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The Writing Cooperative
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Margery Bayne
Where to Find Places to Submit Your Short StoriesAll evergreen and completely for free
Sep 1, 2020
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Sep 1, 2020
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