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WCOP (Writers Club of Pasadena) 1st Annual Fall Conference & Writer’s Extravaganza

sharonpenningtonwrites wrote 1 day ago: Announcing the WCOP (Writers Club of Pasadena) 1st Annual Fall Conference & Writer’s Extravaganz … more →

Tags: 1, writing conference, Keynote speakers, Door Prizes, Tickets, Book sales, Publishing, Creative Writing, Plotting

More Monkey Business3 comments

bakerkline wrote 4 days ago: A writer friend, Cindy Handler, asks: “A few posts back [Writing Tip #3: Use a Monkeywrench] you men … more →

Tags: Writing Tips, beginning, Books, character, Cindy Handler, Creative Process, Fiction Writing, writing a novel

More sacrifices

kaitco wrote 1 week ago: I must say, up front, that working 66 hours in one week ranks somewhere on the top ten of the worst … more →

Tags: writing, Damen, 25, show & tell, flight, Life

Talk about the weather

kfainges wrote 1 week ago: Destiny Sets - read the first chapter free online My mother always told me don’t talk about re … more →

Tags: Fiction, Guests, Ideas!, technique, writing, "John Ringo", Karen Fainges

lunch hour links for writers2 comments

Teresa wrote 1 week ago: A few links that I’ve gathered: At Bookends, Jessica answers a question about posting your novel onl … more →

Tags: Lunch Hour Links, colons vs. dashes, dialogue tags, Ellipses, manuscript assessment services, online novels, posting novels online

on not giving up9 comments

Teresa wrote 1 week ago: I want you imagine me, tall and lanky, dancing in a circle and gibbering like a madwoman in absolute … more →

Tags: notes on writing, writing, Articles, Character Development, character motivation, Character Sketches, Writing Tips

Developing a Character

annelillian wrote 2 weeks ago: Begin with Studying the Script & your lines! Playwrights give us clues in the script to begin ou … more →

Tags: Acting, directing, Character Development

GMC - the juice that drives the story

redplume wrote 2 weeks ago: GMC.  It’s a mantra GMC-Clarice's desperation to silence the lambs provides the capital M-Motiva … more →

Tags: success techniques, the writing life, Writing Craft, GMC, Plot

Hooey 4 comments

caroline allen wrote 2 weeks ago: Mural detail by Karolline, 16, in the teen art program in Lowell, MA. After writing the blog From … more →

Tags: 1, Art, art of storytelling, caroline allen, carrie allen, course creative writing, creative writing book, creative writing class, denoument

Crooked carrots1 comment

caroline allen wrote 2 weeks ago: Doodle, www.carolineallen.com NPR ran a program recently on community farms in Massachusetts. The g … more →

Tags: 1, art of storytelling, caroline allen, carrie allen, children storytelling, children's storytelling, climax, course creative writing, creative storytelling

Calling All Flash Fiction Writers2 comments

pittsburghflashfictiongazette wrote 3 weeks ago: What is the difference between a flash fiction story and a regular-length short story?  They’r … more →

Tags: Commentaries, War, Marriage, sex, Short Story, Love, Relationships, Writers, Articles

Today's Writing Prompt

Rebekah wrote 3 weeks ago: “I’m afraid that sometimes you’ll play lonely games too. Games you can’t wi … more →

Tags: Wisdom & Inspiration, Writing prompt, Prompt, writing exercise, Fear, lonely games, loneliness, dr suess, The Places You'll Go!

Incubating a Character

sanyata wrote 3 weeks ago: Ilia Uy is a Communication Arts graduate from UP Los Baños and is now currently working in the Publi … more →

Tags: Ilia Uy, on writing, Story Treatments, Ideas, and Experiments, character, Plot, Story, Theresa, writing

From the Archives: Character Description Exercise

K.S. Clay wrote 3 weeks ago: Today I’m resurrecting another post from the archives.  Enjoy! An Exercise in Description and  … more →

Tags: writing

believable characters -- motivation4 comments

Teresa wrote 3 weeks ago: Jennifer Neri posted on the problem of writing characters that are a different gender than the write … more →

Tags: writing, notes on writing, Books, Novels, Articles, character motivation, Character Development, Writing Tips, Motivation

From Neglect to Nurturing5 comments

caroline allen wrote 4 weeks ago: Doodle, www.carolineallen.com I posted this blog earlier today with a digital photo of verdant nat … more →

Tags: 1, Art, art of storytelling, business storytelling, business writing book, caroline allen, children storytelling, children's storytelling, corporate storytelling

31 Articles On Writing Fiction

pittsburghflashfictiongazette wrote 4 weeks ago: If you are a writer let the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette be your one stop site for everything yo … more →

Tags: Commentaries, Short Story, writer, description, sudden fiction, postcard fiction, Mini-Fiction, Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette, Free Articles

Strong Female Characters

garridon wrote 4 weeks ago: When I was growing up, there was little for girls to read other than Nancy Drew and nurse stories.  … more →

Tags: Urban Fantasy, BookProjects, Magic Stud, Fiction

Tool Review Articles Published on Blogcritics and Writefly

Rebekah wrote 1 month ago: Read my review about a great set of tools for writer’s by author, editor and writing coach Jef … more →

Tags: Fiction, Reviews, writing, Writing Resources, Plot, Writing Tools, Tool Reviews, Gerke, Jeff Gerke


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