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Avoid Flooding in Your Work

• July 25, 2009 • 8 Comments

Posted in Advice
Tags: adverbs, authors, book, dialect, dialogue, exposition, flooding, novel, prologue, punctuation, purple prose, rules, sci-fi, shine, show don't tell, telling, verbs, writer, writing

Building Memorable Characters

• July 20, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Advice, Baiting Readers, Building Characters, Creativity
Tags: building memorable characters, character, characterization, dimension, goals, heroes, heroine, humanize, Kings & Queens, layer, MC, protagonist, push, sho, show, sketch, strong protagnoists, texture

Collective Inspiration ~ Thank You All

• July 16, 2009 • 15 Comments

Posted in Creativity, Personal Notes, Poems-Shorts-&-More, Writing Exercise
Tags: art, artistic voice, creative burst, keywords, Passion, poem, poetic, prose, search engine terms, seo, weird, writer, writing

Finding Voice, Your Ultimate Super Power

• July 15, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Advice, Baiting Readers, Voice, Texture, Tone
Tags: childhood, courtney vail, distinction, ebb and flow, emotion, finding voice, grandfather, individuality, integrity, lasting impression, memories, Passion, photographic memory, recall, reflection, remember, secret, senses, sensory impression, super power, unique, vocabulary, voice, wonder twin powers, writing, writing exercises, writing voice, you

Discovering Art in Randomness

• July 13, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Advice, Creativity, Motivational Boosters, Poems-Shorts-&-More, Writing Exercise
Tags: art, concept, creative burst, Creativity, dreams, inspiration, junk, poem, poetry, random thoughts, randomness, short story, time, Writing Exercise

Inspiration is Paging You

• July 6, 2009 • 9 Comments

Posted in Advice, Motivational Boosters, Personal Notes
Tags: engaging characters, inspiration, Kings & Queens, morning, novel, pager, plot points, writer, writing

Enter Your Work to Win Cash Prizes

• July 3, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: chaiku, competition, contest, fantasy, poetry, prizes, science fiction, short story, shorts, TheNextBigWriter, wedding, writer, writers digest, writing

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