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What do you know about your characters? (writing exercise #11)
As with the last writing exercise, this one is working with characters in a story you’ve already created. Once again, I am going with my yet-to-be-published novel. In my story, I have a multiple...
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Continuing on with the characterization section of writing exercises, this activity emphasizes the literal surroundings of our characters as they exist in a setting. This reminds me a lot of my play...
View ArticleWhat do your characters want? (writing exercise #13)
As with a couple other writing exercises we’ve done, this one does not create a new story, but is working with one you already have. Typically I use my novel that has been in the works for a long time...
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Top 5 writing tips
Over the years, I’ve taken classes, read numerous writing books, and had editors and readers comment on my work. From various sources, these are the top five tips for writing well that I’ve come...
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A general update
Hey, readers! I just want to give a few updates on where I’m planning on taking this blog as it – and the rest of my writing career – expands. First of all – thanks for reading! I’m glad you’re here....
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Making heroes flawed (writing exercise #14)
A little catch up before we begin for regular readers…if you’re just here for the writing exercise, go ahead and jump to that. I’m back from a month-long hiatus from the blog, in lieu of some Big Life...
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Creating a Character’s Background, Place, Setting, and Milieu (writing...
Happy National Novel Writing Month! Who’s writing?? I am! I have been working on a new novel for a month or so. It’s going…slowly. I’m not hammering out hours on it every day as would be ideal. But I’m...
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The Flash Fiction Challenge: Three of My Shortest Short Stories
Do you receive Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day? I do, and I’ve thought for awhile now that it would be really awesome to do a flash fiction story with the Word of the Day. I recently convinced my...
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The Flash Fiction Challenge: 3 More Short Stories…From Joe
In my last post, I revealed a Flash Fiction Challenge my coworker and I underwent. We created a 350-word (or less) story per day based off of Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day. The word had to either be...
View ArticleA Hiatus
This blog is on a hiatus for the time being! Feel free to browse the archives and ask questions if they come up. Comments are still checked sporadically, or you can email. Once in a great awhile I’m...
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