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Character Needs: The Need for Community
Another post on character needs, extracted from Character Fiction 101: How to Write Fictional Characters and Character Stories. Today, a need that has been on […]
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Carnival of Storytelling – April 21, 2011
Welcome to the April 21, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling. Another abbreviated carnival this week. Thanks to everyone who submitted a link at BlogCarnival.com! […]
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Character Needs: The Need for Intimacy
The next post on character needs, extracted from Character Fiction 101: How to Write Fictional Characters and Character Stories. Today, the need for intimacy. We […]
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Carnival of Storytelling – April 14, 2011
Welcome to the April 14, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling. An abbreviated carnival this week. Thanks to everyone who submitted a link at BlogCarnival.com! […]
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Character Needs: Physical Needs
The next post in my series of character needs from Character Fiction 101, the most basic of all: physical needs. Physical needs include air, water, […]
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What Do Your Favorite Stories Give You?
Christine Macdonald yesterday posted on her blog a reminiscent piece about what Sex and the City gave her. Sex and the City not only gave […]
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A Kindred Spirit on Your Writing Journey
I’ve been writing fiction—or at least trying to—for about a decade now (plus or minus a couple years, depending on how you count it). After […]
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#CharacterStory Prompts 2011/04/11
I want to post a list of character-story prompts each Monday, culled from various ideation sources. These prompts are raw ideas, and I’d like to […]
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Yay! Juvie Fantasies and Major Online Writing Course
As of May 1st, prices are going up on Holly Lisle’s online career-survival course for novelists. Update: I’m just going through the first couple of […]
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#FridayFlash Favorites (2011/04/08)
I’m trying yet another strategy for these #FridayFlash Favorites. This week, since I had some time to post them and found a number of stories […]
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