Category: writing
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Monday Morning #CharacterStory Writing Prompts 2011/06/27
A photo: top of this post, which the artist has entitled, “Never a frown, with golden brown.” (Click for a larger view.) A personality type: […]
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Monday Morning #CharacterStory Writing Prompts 2011/06/20
Happy birthday to me! (Yup. Don’t know whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing.) A photo: top of this post, which the artist […]
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Writing Tip: Research the Obvious
Let’s say you’re writing a scene in your story, a scene that takes place in a beauty salon. Now, if you yourself have spent 20 […]
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What Is a #CharacterStory (and the 2 Laws of Character Action)
I found this photo on Flickr. Entitled “The Problem with Character-Driven Stories,” the photo had an amusing story to go along with it. As the […]
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Monday Morning #CharacterStory Writing Prompts 2011/06/13
A photo: see the top of this post. (Click for a larger view.) A personality type: ESFJ. A need: the need for security. A quirk: […]
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On Plagiarists and “Real Writers”
Holly Lisle in her writing tips newsletter today wrote about plagiarism and being a “real writer.” I put “real writer” in quotes not for sarcastic […]
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How to Write: Show and Tell
“Show; don’t tell.” Writers take great pride in passing on this standard advice. But what does it mean to “show” instead of “tell”? What does […]
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Monday Morning #CharacterStory Writing Prompts 2011/06/06
A photo: top of this post, which the artist has entitled, “Please Don’t Go.” (Click for a larger view.) Of the photo he says, “This […]
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The Novelist’s New Clothes?
They say that novelists write millions of manuscripts each year. I’m not sure what the exact number is. But I might believe any number between […]
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Monday Morning #CharacterStory Writing Prompts 2011/05/30
It’s Memorial Day (here in the US). That’s not a story prompt, just a note. Here are today’s story prompts. Use one or all of […]
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