writing
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Over the past three weeks of How To Tuesdays concerning characters we have talked about how to find characters, how to name them, and how to develop characters. This week, is not necessarily a new How To, it is an addition to the rest of the information we have talked about. This week, we are…
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Fifty Shades of Grey in Our Culture: A View on Why Sarah Stevens Slapped Me By Joel Fisherman Before the introduction of Fifty Shades of Grey, there was Twilight. My stupid sister had to read all the books when they came out, and she begged my mom for weeks and weeks and weeks to take…
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Hello Readers! Special Message here: If I seem short during this Tuesday, blame WordPress. I had been working on this post for more than a week, almost 2000 words put into it, and then WordPress decided to be a butt and delete it all. So here is attempt number two! Some writers will tell you…
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Happy Monday! For some of us, Monday means going back to work, or school. For others, it means delving into personal work and projects. For me it means queuing up the blog for the week. What does this have to do with frustration? Everything. Last Friday, I decided to be proactive and write a little…
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Progress is measured in several different ways. If you are an athlete, progress is measured by how well you perform at your sport or sports. If you are an artist, progress is measured by your art portfolio. If you are a writer, progress is measured by words written on the page, and the amount of…
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The object to my left is an internal hard drive for a laptop. Life would be so much easier if people were hard drives. You would fill them up with all of your information, your pictures, your photos, your memories. And then, when you get sick of them, and all they contain, you can switch…
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There are several schools of thought on naming characters. Some say to name your characters names that are common every day names. Others say to name them special names that will stick in your readers’ heads. Still others tell you to always use name books and find the exact meaning of each of your characters…
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These lists are fun, and I definitely enjoy love songs more than hate songs! Every Thug Needs A Lady- Alkaline Trio Shut Up and Dance- Walk the Moon Gates- The Menzingers I Don’t Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore- The Menzingers The Luckiest- Ben Folds China- Tori Amos Joy Comes in the Morning- Red City Radio…
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Writing without characters is like riding a bike without wheels, you won’t get too far. Sure, there are pieces out there that have limited characters, but they at least have one aspect that has to do with the development of a personality or skills. Look at Disney/Pixar’s Wall-E. There is no dialogue for the first…
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Welcome to the next installment of Tuesday How To! This month I will be telling you all about characters and how to find and develop them. Let’s have some fun!
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Writing, like every other form of art, strives to make people feel something. This is usually accomplished by making the work feel real, using real emotions and situations that force the reader or the viewer or the participant to feel something. Sometimes, this means including things that hurt us, or make us feel vulnerable, dirty,…
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So This List is going to be fun! The Last Song I’m Wasting On You- Evanescence Fuck This, I’m Out- Off With Their Heads Untouchable Face- Ani DiFranco Radio- Alkaline Trio Fire and Ice- Pat Benatar I’m Looking Through You- The Beatles Mix Tape- Brand New Seventy Times 7- Brand New Passive- A Perfect Circle…
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Last week, we talked about how to find ideas and how ideas are everywhere. This week we’re going to take it one step further and decide which ideas are good and which ones are bad. I don’t like the term “bad” since there are no bad ideas unless they are not your own. If you…
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A man will do anything for a decent meal
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The first portion of Tuesday How To is the first step of the writing process: Ideas. Without ideas, there is no direction in your writing, no way to continue and no way to know if you’re going in the right direction. So let’s stsrt to talk about ideas. Let me start by saying this: Ideas…
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New plans for the blog. Details inside!
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Writing is not easy. Anyone who has had to write anything will tell you that. It doesn’t matter if it’s an essay, or a short story, or a novel, or even an email. Getting the words and images from your head to the page is sometimes the hardest thing writers do
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Day One: Two chapters. Eleven pages. 4,941 words. All in all an amazing writing day!
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I’m sure my dad’s life would have been a lot easier if I had been born a boy. Now don’t go mistaking this for pity or low self worth, it really would have been easier. Instead of artsy hobbies like writing and knitting, I could have been a boy and been into football and wrestling.…