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Weekend Edition – Life Without Regrets plus Writing Tips and Good Reads
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
Dan’s right. It is later than you think. Do you ever feel like the Universe is conspiring to send you a message? I do. All the time. This week, the theme was “Life is Short.” I began the week with a little getaway that was…
Killing your Characters
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
I was reading the other day a fascinating post, Killing the Mary-Sue, by Chiyome. As I am currently debating killing a character or two in my WIP, the fourth book of my epic fantasy series Pearseus, her musings made me wonder about the role death plays in our works. Both Schism and…
If you can read you can write – not so says Richard Hugo, even if you have a Phd — Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
Scholars seem to assume that if you can read you can write. It’s sad to see someone with a fresh Ph.D. coast for a few years, understandably after such a grueling period of work, then embark on a book. It is a struggle because the scholar doesn’t realize one…
Writing exercise #4
Originally posted on readful things blog:
Write about a repetitive sound that won’t leave a character alone. ? What effect does this have on them? ? The sound, could even be silence.
…reading yer own wee masterpiece ‘from a distance’…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…just over two years ago, in July 2012 to be precise, I published on the Great God Amazon the second book in my Jack Calder crime thriller series, VENGEANCE WEARS BLACK… a year or so later, in September 2013, I punched SAVAGE PAYBACK on to the same virtual shop window……
The Writing Tip
Originally posted on ronovanwrites:
I haven’t written any writing tips in a while. I think the last I did where all in a series about developing your characters. What one does as a writer is look at what work of theirs people read and then either write more of the same or work to make…
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