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The Matriarch III: First Draft Begins November 1st #amwriting
Originally posted on ThinkingSkull.com:
The Matriarch III (working title) Wary of a future misunderstanding, Janiss Connelly pays a surprise visit to an immortal residing in the state capital of West Virginia. The Charleston vampire isn’t amused, a slight that puts the residents and staff of Cedarcrest Sanctum at risk when their administrator abruptly goes…
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,…
#Wine for the #WordNerd and #Writer
Originally posted on Christa Wojciechowski:
Hoping this will improve the vocab. Behold twelve dollars of dry, oaky, velvet deliciousness from Thesaurus Bodegas in Spain. Though I haven’t become a catalogue of synonyms after drinking Flumen Dorium, it was one of the most exceptional bottles of wine I can remember under $20. It could even kick…
Writing Tips: Character Beyond the Internal
Originally posted on ronovanwrites:
We’ve come to Part 5 of the Character series. To date: Part 1: Creating Character Names Part 2: What to Avoid when Creating Character Part 3: Giving Your Characters Their Character Part 4: Creating Believable Characters ? So far these have been specifically internal or cosmetic developments of character, name being…
Writing Tips: Creating Believable Characters
Originally posted on ronovanwrites:
Here is Part 4 of the Character series I’ve been doing. We’ve had: Creating Character Names What to Avoid when Creating Character Giving Your Characters Their Character ? Now . . . let’s Make Believe (able) Characters. ? ? #1 Stay within Character Atticus Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird was…
Writing Tips: Giving Your Characters Their Character
Originally posted on ronovanwrites:
This is the third installment of creating characters. First it was Creating Character Names which is more involved than slapping some random guy’s handle on a person. Then we talked about What to Avoid when Creating Characters. Now that you have your character ideas and names, it’s time to develop the…
Writing Tips: Creating Character Names
Originally posted on ronovanwrites:
You have a great story idea then you begin to write and you come to that moment . . . what is the name of the primary protagonist? The problem continues as you come to each character thereafter, including secondary and incidental characters. It’s a bear of a problem even if…
5 Fears Writers Must Overcome
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
Over the years I have become more and more determined in my quest for greater distribution of my work, and along that journey I have had to not just overcome but put to rest many fears that I had about being an independent novelist. I have three novels…
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