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12 Worst Blogging Mistakes
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by AR Huelsenbeck ? I read a lot of blogs. I follow nearly 300, and I check out new blogs all the time. If you follow me or you’ve left a comment on ARHtistic License or you’ve tweeted something that interested me, I’ve probably taken a look at your…
How Your Emotional State Can Affect Your Editing
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? by Andrea Lundgren ? I’ve been thinking about how we humans clean things up. Sometimes, we do it begrudgingly, sometimes compulsively. How we feel (and how close we are to a deadline) usually determines whether our efforts are frantic or methodical. When rushed or pressured, we can get rid…
The Reason to Build a Box – by Donald Maass…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Writer Unboxed: I’ll admit, that’s a strange post title for a site called Writer UN-Boxed. But stick with me. In certain circumstances, you may want to write inside a box. By that, I do not mean a box of expectations, as in slavishly following…
Write Like the Dickens – By Jo Eberhardt…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Writer Unboxed: Charles Dickens. His name is synonymous with so many things: Christmas, high school English classes, and comically repulsive characters existing in squalid social conditions. Most, if not all, of us have read at least one of his books — or, at the very…
How to Write an Effective Chase Scene
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Doug Lewars ? Either a villain is fleeing from the forces of law-and-order or your hero is fleeing from overwhelming danger, but in either case you need a chase scene. Any form of transportation can be used and the overall structure of the narrative will be reasonably uniform…
![10 Common Grammar Mistakes And How To Fix Them [Infographic] – by Chris Jager…](https://vivdrewa.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/grammar1-e1527246345651.jpg?w=100&h=75&crop=1 "10 Common Grammar Mistakes And How To Fix Them [Infographic] – by Chris Jager…")
10 Common Grammar Mistakes And How To Fix Them [Infographic] – by Chris Jager…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Life Hacker: Cramp image from Shutterstock Some grammar mistakes manage to trip up the vast majority of writers. Take “affect” and “effect” — no matter how many times this grammar rule is explained to people, many writers continue to mix them up. If you’re…
50 Science Fiction Plot Ideas and Writing Prompts – by Bryn Donovan…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
One of my most popular blog posts is my 50 Fantasy Plot Ideas and Writing Prompts, so I thought I’d share a companion post for writers of scifi and futuristic short stories and novels. Some of these may be more along the lines of “speculative…
Mining Old Manuscripts – Guest Post by, Traci Kenworth…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Licence to use image obtained – Copyright: chainat 123RF Stock Photos Old manuscripts are never a waste. Mine them! For example, those manuscripts you used to learn your craft? You can always pull ideas, characters, settings, etc. from them. I have a future project that…
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