Tag Archive | unblocking writers block
Writespiration #43
Originally posted on Sacha Black:
A slightly different challenge this week. It’s another of my favourite writing sites to help unblock the block! The website is called One Word. The aim of this game is to use the word posted below (don’t look till you are ready to write) as a prompt and then free write for…
Interview with Author Dylan Hearn
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Interview slots are now closed until September 1st, when I am opening the slots up for author book release and promotions (i.e. without the interview). I had the pleasure of being recommended Second Chance by Geoff Le Pard, which is now sitting high up on my list of to read.…
Secrets of Antiheroes – Master Villains or Master Heroes?
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What is it about Anti Heroes that is so damn appealing? I can’t help myself. If the protagonist is an antihero I am like a salivating dog. I cant get enough of whatever it is I am reading or watching. I’m a self-confessed Antihero Addict. I want to explore what…
Crafting Villains Series #1 Who’s Your Ultimate Villain?
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April brings the start of another series, as I start to look at the villains in my novel, I thought I would share with you the things I learn. But first: Audience Participation Required… I want to run a poll, to see who your favourite villains are? Comments below. There…
Writespiration #33
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For those of you not in the UK, then a double yellow line is a marking on the side of roads to indicate you can’t park there. See picture below. If this inspired you, jot a few words, a poem, a haiku, or a story, and I will post it…
Writing Challenge Entries #3
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I have surprised myself this week with the quantity of challenges I managed to submit to. When I first started submitting them I struggled to do one or two, but I guess with practice the more you do them the quicker they become. This week I completed six and I even tried…
Writespiration #32
Originally posted on Sacha Black:
If this?Writespiration?inspired you then jot a few words, a poem or a story and post below and I will post them with a link to your blog in next weeks post. Here’s mine: What is Love? By Sacha Black “What does it feel like, Mama?” “What does what feel like,…
The Crafting Characters Series #4 5 Reasons You Need to Find Your Character’s Face
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I read an article once, that said our brains are incapable of creating faces from scratch. I have no proof backing this up, but it seems a reasonable enough suggestion given the complexity of faces. For the purposes of this blog. This means that every face you see in your…