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Me and My Big Mouth! Write what you mean on social media, texting and emails
Have you ever written something and when you went back to read it you thought, “What the hell happened?” One day last week I thought I was writing magic. The words flowed beautifully.…
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Creating Characters in Fiction
In an earlier post Character Building– Why is JUSTIFIED justified in fiction writing I wrote about character traits. Today I’d like to delve a little deeper. Characters are the most important element of…
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Verb tenses in fiction writing, POV, Point of view of narration in fiction
Verb tenses in fiction writing are confusing, at least they were for me. Hence, why I’m writing this post. I’m hoping I can help, and not confuse you more 🙂 Let’s sidestep for…
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Freytag's Pyramid in Fiction Writing, Rejection Letters, What not to do on your blog/website
Lately I’ve come across several blogs and websites used solely for a place to complain. We, as writers, deal with rejection all the time. Rejection is hard. When that agent/editor/publisher tells you they are going…
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Showing structuring: scene, sequel, and MRUs in a novel
So many people enjoyed my recent post, The Importance of MRUs that I thought I’d show you large-and-small-scale structuring of a scene and sequel using MRUs. Actually, I got the most followers from that post.…
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The importance of MRUs
Before I get into today’s post let me tell you where I’m coming from. I’ve been writing most of my life. Even as a pre-teen I could always write better than I could…
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A few thoughts on routine, inspiration and motivation
I am what you call a Pantser, meaning I don’t pre-write or outline. My creativity comes this way… Let’s suppose I’m done with my latest novel and have chosen to take a break…
