Writing Help and Advice for All
The SCAMPER Method: A Creativity Crisis Breaker
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
Not everyone wakes up in the middle of the night to stumble in the dark, find a notepad or their phone’s notes app to write down a fresh idea for a novel. Most people struggle with creativity. As a matter of fact in an article in Newsweek dated July 2010,…
Short and Sweet Advice for Writers
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
Here – it’s for you! Today’s post will be short – just two tasty morsels of writing-related goodness: ? A Secret Source of Inspiration I subscribe to way too many email newsletters. I read hardly any of them. There is one, however, that arrives in my…
Synonyms for the 96 most commonly used words in English
Originally posted on Just English:
Amazing — incredible, unbelievable, improbable, fabulous, wonderful, fantastic, astonishing, astounding, extraordinary Anger — enrage, infuriate, arouse, nettle, exasperate, inflame, madden Angry — mad, furious, enraged, excited, wrathful, indignant, exasperated, aroused, inflamed ? Answer — reply, respond, retort, acknowledge Ask– — question, inquire of, seek information from, put a question to,…
Creative use of language in novels.
Originally posted on Nikki McDonagh – author and photographer:
Nadsat, Newspeak and Bubchat I have been reading mostly science fiction books lately, and I have begun to…
One Muse Is not Enough
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
So you found a muse. Good for you. She’ll help you string ideas together, But one’s not enough. Sad, but true! Writing’s not the only storm you’ll weather. ♦ With the story, your muse is great, But editing is a different beast. Your muse won’t help; you’re filled with hate ‘Til…
The Shortest and Best Post Ever on CreateSpace and Taxation Information for New Authors
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
As a new author, there are a lot of things that you’ll learn as you go. Trust me when I say this! I should know! In my attempts to create a print copy of my book, Risky Issues, I ran into a few snags and…
So Your Friend Is an Author…
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
Amazing, Isn’t It? Yes. It is. How many authors do you actually know? Now your friend is one. The key word there is friend. This was your friend before. Becoming an author doesn’t change that. Sure, you can tease your friend about this, if your relationship ordinarily involves teasing. But your…
Lashing out VS Encouragement
Originally posted on Life With Words:
People are human – an obvious fact. They tend to work more on emotions than on logic; it’s the nature of the beast, so to speak. This in turn leads to hurt feeling and tantrums. They come in a vast array of intensity and causes. But, two of the…
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