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Passionate Writers Wanted: No Posers Allowed

• October 14, 2009 • 7 Comments

Posted in Advice, Baiting Readers, Creativity, Motivational Boosters, Passion
Tags: best, bloom, courtney vail, creative breath, dedication, desire, diamond, drive, emotion, great, Passion, passionate, persistence, poser, potential, prose, spark, story, strive, success, writer, writing

Unlocking the Block

• August 5, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Advice, Creativity, Motivational Boosters, Writing Exercise
Tags: freewriting, inspiration, unlock, writer's block, writing, writing exercises, zone

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

Win $200 in Short Story Contest

• May 26, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Motivational Boosters
Tags: contest, mezzo magazine, publish, short story contest, the next big writer, TheNextBigWriter, win, writer, writing

May Mania ~ Stretch #1

• May 1, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Motivational Boosters, Writing Exercise
Tags: author, body, courtney vail, emotions, exercise, food, frolicking, may mania challenge, novel, pique, running, story, writing, writing challenge, Writing Exercise

Leaping into Disorder & Chaos

• December 18, 2008 • 4 Comments

Posted in Advice, Motivational Boosters, Passion, Personal Notes
Tags: author, chaos, courtney vail, disorder, drive, fluff, jump, juncture, Kings & Queens, leap, novelist, Passion, sequel, urge, work, writer, writing

Sneaking in Some Depth

• December 8, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in Advice, Motivational Boosters, Voice, Texture, Tone, Writer's Tools
Tags: author, characters, circumstances, college, courtney vail, deeper, family ties, funny, growing pains, Kings & Queens, kirk cameron, laughter, michael j. fox, music, pink floyd, private jokes, rafting, Red Sox, spinning, writer, writing

My Fickle Mind

• November 21, 2008 • 6 Comments

Posted in Advice, Editing, Motivational Boosters, Personal Notes, Voice, Texture, Tone, Writer's Tools
Tags: ability, bleed, celebrity vampire, courtney vail, Editing, ink, kill your darlings, Kings & Queens, rhythm, tone, vampire, voice, writer, writing

A Sudden Sonnet or Something

• October 6, 2008 • 5 Comments

Posted in Creativity, Motivational Boosters, Poems-Shorts-&-More, Writing Exercise
Tags: chill, courtney vail, earthy crunchy, english sonnet, forgotten, memories, poet, poetry, rhyme, sonnet, villanelle, writer, writing

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