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Healing after Liberia’s Civil War
A CNN Writer-Producer returns to Liberia to find it has changed in many positive ways. Brenda Bush is from Liberia. She spoke to Jonathan Mann about returning to her homeland, and about her American b… more →
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BEWARE THE FIRST SEVENTEEN PAGES!
wrote 4 days ago: The most important sentence of your novel is the first one. The most important paragraph is the firs … more →
A Change in the Weather
wrote 4 days ago: Allie opens the door on the tenth floor at the Acme building, pausing to admire the letters on the … more →
Buried
wrote 5 days ago: Doriandrin wandered into her home and went straight to her bedroom. It took no thought to locate a c … more →
Standardized Test Junkie
wrote 1 week ago: I think we all know that I get my kicks in strange places. An adrenaline rush can strike me at any … more →
Avengers Showing Off the Goods (also drinking game rules)
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wrote 1 week ago: ASSvengers From: Mickey To: Lela Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 8:57 AM Saw it! From: Lela Sent: Tue … more →
Sex On Demand
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wrote 1 week ago: 7 Days of Sex There’s this new show on The Lifetime Channel, called “7 Days of Sex. … more →
Underbelly
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wrote 1 week ago: Funny how life works – you get inspired by something, a book, music, a piece of jewelry, a con … more →
B is for Backstory
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wrote 1 week ago: “A writer is a man who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do.” – Donald … more →
Let's Go to the Movies... Or Not.
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wrote 1 week ago: A Night at the Movies (film) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Let’s talk about going to the movies. M … more →
Creating Well-Rounded Characters
wrote 1 week ago: There are a number of questions writers should ask about their main character before they start writ … more →
Did You Search "Hymenectomy Stories" To Get Here? Then This Post Is For You!
wrote 1 week ago: I’ve noticed that a rather unlikely percentage of people who find this site are here because t … more →
(Not Real) Writing Advice: Backstory
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wrote 1 week ago: I only give advice on a basis that I would like to be given advice from. This isn’t gonna work … more →
The Four Horsemen of Storytelling
wrote 1 week ago: Had the legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice (below) been covering a workshop for aspiring fiction … more →
Mothers Day
wrote 1 week ago: This is not my mother. As I mentioned earlier, my mother had no idea that DARK SHADOWS had be … more →
Getting All of Your Ducks in Line
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wrote 1 week ago: Characters are the life blood of fiction. Plot is the story but character moves it along. Along wit … more →
Her Motherly Reason
wrote 1 week ago: Not prompted by any challenge, but I wanted to write something in honor of Mother’s Day over h … more →
Questions To Create Character Backstory
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Anita Riggio asks how much about your characters do you really know? Small details might seem superf … more →
Give ghosts
wrote 2 weeks ago: An ancient ruin, time and experience chasing out an … more →
Developing Your Characters
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wrote 2 weeks ago: squidoo.com has compiled groups of questions you should ask before writing your characters 1) THE B … more →
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