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Ravyn posted a blog entry
Three Problem-Solving Question Sequences
While many people would argue otherwise, I consider problem-solving a vital skill for anyone involved in roleplaying games or...
While many people would argue otherwise, I consider problem-solving a vital skill for anyone involved in roleplaying games or...
maestro88831 posted a blog entry
Day 110
Let's try something different... most people wait until the end of the year to make their new year's resolutions. I do that...
Let's try something different... most people wait until the end of the year to make their new year's resolutions. I do that...
LoisKarlin posted a blog entry
"Walmart, I Love You" A Flash Fiction Challenge
About a month ago, Steve Weddle, along with Keith Rawson, inspired by the People of Walmart site, suggested to Patti Abbott,...
About a month ago, Steve Weddle, along with Keith Rawson, inspired by the People of Walmart site, suggested to Patti Abbott,...
Ravyn posted a blog entry
You May Need A Montage, But What’s the Montage Need From You?
There’s a long road to be traveled, a whole city to search for a missing objective, training to be run through, a magical...
There’s a long road to be traveled, a whole city to search for a missing objective, training to be run through, a magical...
LoisKarlin posted a blog entry
Masculine and Feminine
Generally, English doesn't use masculine and feminine nouns or their corresponding adjectives. Sure, we might refer to a car...
Generally, English doesn't use masculine and feminine nouns or their corresponding adjectives. Sure, we might refer to a car...
maestro88831 posted a blog entry
Day 109: Creatures of Habits and Selective Amnesia
It's hard to believe the year is almost over and a new decade is upon us. OK, technically speaking, the new decade won't...
It's hard to believe the year is almost over and a new decade is upon us. OK, technically speaking, the new decade won't...
blognerd posted a blog entry
011 (011, 10): To Theo van Gogh. London, Sunday, 20 July 1873. - Vincent van Gogh Letters
via vangoghletters.org Time suck of the week: the complete correspondence of Vincent Van Gogh, fully annotated, reproduced, and...
via vangoghletters.org Time suck of the week: the complete correspondence of Vincent Van Gogh, fully annotated, reproduced, and...
LoisKarlin posted a blog entry
A Cornucopia of Contests & Call for Submissions
Over at The Bookshelf Muse, Angela Ackerman is celebrating 100,000 hits on her blog, and is offering a contest for a full...
Over at The Bookshelf Muse, Angela Ackerman is celebrating 100,000 hits on her blog, and is offering a contest for a full...
maestro88831 posted a blog entry
Day 108
Right now, apart from The Terrapin's Trail, I have four novels I'd like to write, and they can't be more different from one...
Right now, apart from The Terrapin's Trail, I have four novels I'd like to write, and they can't be more different from one...
Kenia Cris posted a blog entry
#193
(image by Sylvia via weheartit) Automaticamenteproduz-se um poemasurrealista,sem conexões secretasou palavras escolhidas.Nasce...
(image by Sylvia via weheartit) Automaticamenteproduz-se um poemasurrealista,sem conexões secretasou palavras escolhidas.Nasce...
Ravyn posted a blog entry
Cues for the Character Arc
Character arcs don’t just happen out of nowhere, and for good reason. Having somebody just wake up one morning and say...
Character arcs don’t just happen out of nowhere, and for good reason. Having somebody just wake up one morning and say...
maestro88831 posted a blog entry
Day 107
When I was a kid, the first book I read was Winnie the Pooh, I believe. Granted, there weren't really that many words in that...
When I was a kid, the first book I read was Winnie the Pooh, I believe. Granted, there weren't really that many words in that...
Ravyn posted a blog entry
The Reverse Arc
Most people seem to see change in characters as a permanent matter—that once a change is made, it stays made, and the...
Most people seem to see change in characters as a permanent matter—that once a change is made, it stays made, and the...
RaquelP posted a blog entry
I'm Thankful (2009)
My beloved grandmother is gone from me physically, has been now for a decade, and for a while I struggled to feel her presence....
My beloved grandmother is gone from me physically, has been now for a decade, and for a while I struggled to feel her presence....
LoisKarlin posted a blog entry
Pulp Fiction
Smart, funny and self-described as “ruggedly handsome,” Richard Castle is the lead character in ABC’s new comedy/drama...
Smart, funny and self-described as “ruggedly handsome,” Richard Castle is the lead character in ABC’s new comedy/drama...
Ravyn posted a blog entry
Three Character Arc Types
It doesn’t seem right if a character begins and ends the story as the exact same person, does it? But figuring out what...
It doesn’t seem right if a character begins and ends the story as the exact same person, does it? But figuring out what...
Hillary DePiano posted a blog entry
NaNoWriMo Update: Past 40K and under the gun!
My characters are killing each other again. Well, trying to kill each other anyway. It’s a bit of a major plot element...
My characters are killing each other again. Well, trying to kill each other anyway. It’s a bit of a major plot element...
Ravyn posted a blog entry
What Neuromarketing Can Teach Us About Memorable Characters
I hadn’t been going to post this one for a while, but then I blundered onto ChattyDM’s riff about managerial skills...
I hadn’t been going to post this one for a while, but then I blundered onto ChattyDM’s riff about managerial skills...
Nigel Beale posted a blog entry
Huxley on Snails and Writers
PDPhoto.org"Slugs go through life leaving only a fading trail of slime; the snail bequeaths to the world an elaborately...
PDPhoto.org"Slugs go through life leaving only a fading trail of slime; the snail bequeaths to the world an elaborately...
Ravyn posted a blog entry
How To Show Character Change
One of the things I’ve always been fascinated by is character change. I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea,...
One of the things I’ve always been fascinated by is character change. I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea,...
Hillary DePiano posted a blog entry
NaNoWriMo Update: 75% and back to the same book…sort of
I stole a few minutes today to write a little more while my husband was mucking about with Windows 7 on my new computer (more...
I stole a few minutes today to write a little more while my husband was mucking about with Windows 7 on my new computer (more...
LoisKarlin posted a blog entry
Six-Word Saturday
Over at the Showmyface blog Cate invites you to participate in Six Word Saturday to describe your life (or something). So,...
Over at the Showmyface blog Cate invites you to participate in Six Word Saturday to describe your life (or something). So,...
LoisKarlin posted a blog entry
Friday Links-o-Relevance
Unlike the silliness I spread on evenings and weekends with the careless abandon of excess cell phone minutes, these are...
Unlike the silliness I spread on evenings and weekends with the careless abandon of excess cell phone minutes, these are...
Hillary DePiano posted a blog entry
Holy crap, I finished! (The book, not Nanowrimo)
The novel. It mocks me!! So here we are at a mere 35k words, nearly 36k and still a good 14k plus away from winning NaNoWriMo...
The novel. It mocks me!! So here we are at a mere 35k words, nearly 36k and still a good 14k plus away from winning NaNoWriMo...
maestro88831 posted a blog entry
Day 100
Is it day 100 already?Is the honeymoon over?Should I have a state of the union address?Oh, wait. I'm in the wrong blog.But...
Is it day 100 already?Is the honeymoon over?Should I have a state of the union address?Oh, wait. I'm in the wrong blog.But...
LoisKarlin posted a blog entry
Entitled
Last week a friend handed me a book I knew I’d have to read. It’s title: If I’d Killed Him When I Met Him (… I’d Be...
Last week a friend handed me a book I knew I’d have to read. It’s title: If I’d Killed Him When I Met Him (… I’d Be...
Ravyn posted a blog entry
Got Scenery—Now What?
Epic scenery tends to get a bit of a bad rap, particularly in role-playing games. Sure, they ask, it’s big and pretty...
Epic scenery tends to get a bit of a bad rap, particularly in role-playing games. Sure, they ask, it’s big and pretty...
Hillary DePiano posted a blog entry
NaNoWriMo Update: Sick and miserable but past 30,000
Ugh, people. If I may take a moment to pat myself on the back, I am ridiculous awesome for having stayed on track this whole...
Ugh, people. If I may take a moment to pat myself on the back, I am ridiculous awesome for having stayed on track this whole...
Sheehy posted a blog entry
Writing well includes having something worth saying
I have always wanted to be a writer professionally, but earlier in my life–particularly when I was a student choosing how...
I have always wanted to be a writer professionally, but earlier in my life–particularly when I was a student choosing how...
RaquelP posted a blog entry
Last Week's Assignment...Sigh
It breaks my heart to know that people in this country, land of opportunity and a trillion and one resources, there are grown...
It breaks my heart to know that people in this country, land of opportunity and a trillion and one resources, there are grown...
Vikk posted a blog entry
McKee on what makes a unique story
A story is not only what you have to say but how you say it. If content is cliche, the telling will be cliche. But if your...
A story is not only what you have to say but how you say it. If content is cliche, the telling will be cliche. But if your...
LoisKarlin posted a blog entry
In Color
For a city girl, I do like my country music. I’ve never found a country radio station here in New York City, but on the...
For a city girl, I do like my country music. I’ve never found a country radio station here in New York City, but on the...
maestro88831 posted a blog entry
Day 94
Been sick for a few days, and I'm just catching up with the blog and my writing.Someone asked an interesting question today:...
Been sick for a few days, and I'm just catching up with the blog and my writing.Someone asked an interesting question today:...
Vikk posted a blog entry
McKee on the need for craft
Without craft, the best a writer can do is snatch the first idea off the top of his head, then sit helpless in front of his own...
Without craft, the best a writer can do is snatch the first idea off the top of his head, then sit helpless in front of his own...
Hillary DePiano posted a blog entry
Halfway down with NaNoWriMo as I pass 25,000 words
Today’s potato is indicative of the fact that I am so overtired that I have gone mad. I don’t even have the energy...
Today’s potato is indicative of the fact that I am so overtired that I have gone mad. I don’t even have the energy...
Ravyn posted a blog entry
Reality In Review: October 2008
With all the headlong pace on this blog, it’s been hard to take a moment and reflect. Now, though, is that moment, a...
With all the headlong pace on this blog, it’s been hard to take a moment and reflect. Now, though, is that moment, a...
Vikk posted a blog entry
Yolan on writing daily
Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers...
Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers...
Hillary DePiano posted a blog entry
NaNoWriMo Status: sick, tired but past 21k, people!
I would like the record to show that I could have hit 25,000 tonight if I hadn’t been so frakin’ sick and having to...
I would like the record to show that I could have hit 25,000 tonight if I hadn’t been so frakin’ sick and having to...
LoisKarlin posted a blog entry
How's Your NaNo?
My brain hurts. I am way behind on words, having had to work at a trade show this past weekend. I am cranky, and it's hard...
My brain hurts. I am way behind on words, having had to work at a trade show this past weekend. I am cranky, and it's hard...
pacejmiller posted a blog entry
NaNoWriMo Challenge Update!
As I write this post from another late night at work, it has become very clear to me that I am fighting an up-hill battle in...
As I write this post from another late night at work, it has become very clear to me that I am fighting an up-hill battle in...
21 days ago
About Writing - The Personal Blog of an Aspiring Writer
| Topics: Novel, On Writing, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing...
About Writing - The Personal Blog of an Aspiring Writer
| Topics: Novel, On Writing, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing...Ravyn posted a blog entry
Those Who Once Dared
In any setting where there are battles to be fought and adventures to be undertaken (and in how many settings is this not the...
In any setting where there are battles to be fought and adventures to be undertaken (and in how many settings is this not the...
ian posted a blog entry
The heart and mind are focus for this conversation
Welcome To This World - PrimusOver at Edittorrent, Alicia wrote an absolutely brilliant post detailing the Three Act process of...
Welcome To This World - PrimusOver at Edittorrent, Alicia wrote an absolutely brilliant post detailing the Three Act process of...
maestro88831 posted a blog entry
Day 91
Making things happen....I just saw the movie Men Who Stare At Goats, about a bunch of soldiers involved in a hush-hush military...
Making things happen....I just saw the movie Men Who Stare At Goats, about a bunch of soldiers involved in a hush-hush military...
Hillary DePiano posted a blog entry
3 (Terrible) NaNoWriMo Limericks (Let’s hear yours!)
Now, for your enjoyment, here are three (terrible) NaNoWriMo limericks. An aspiring writer albinoDecided to try NaNoWriMoThe...
Now, for your enjoyment, here are three (terrible) NaNoWriMo limericks. An aspiring writer albinoDecided to try NaNoWriMoThe...
Vikk posted a blog entry
Wright on writing a book
I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.--Stephen Wright
I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.--Stephen Wright
Ravyn posted a blog entry
Six Reasons to Love a Dream Battle
For regular readers, it’s a well-known fact that I’m not too fond of fight scenes. But offer me a fight within a...
For regular readers, it’s a well-known fact that I’m not too fond of fight scenes. But offer me a fight within a...
Hillary DePiano posted a blog entry
NaNoWriMo update: I can see 18,000 and it looks so awesome!
So when we last left our hero (who is me, in this instance) I was at just under 15,000 words and discouraged as heck. The...
So when we last left our hero (who is me, in this instance) I was at just under 15,000 words and discouraged as heck. The...
Sheehy posted a blog entry
Preparing to write: Two tricks for expanding students’ grasp of character
I participated in theatre a bit in high school, not so much that I began down the road of marked skill, but enough to...
I participated in theatre a bit in high school, not so much that I began down the road of marked skill, but enough to...
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