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Category: knockout idea
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Prologue Trick from Lisa Unger and Michael Slade and…
To some editors and many readers that “P” word, “prologue,” is almost a swear word. Piles of readers skip over prologues to get to “the meat” of the story. Some editors HATE them. But…what if your story needs one? Here’s a strategy used by Lisa Unger in Beautiful Lies: October 25th, 1972 There were times…
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Quotation inspiration #006: Keep on keepin’ on–Einstein!
Here’s a bit of encouragement to keep doing what you’re doing–push through those blocks: Try this: An oldie, but a goodie: What ELSE is life like?
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Quotation Inspiration #004: Good advice from Oscar Wilde
Try this: Why not try a piece of writing where someone can NOT take this advice? Someone who tries their best to be anyone or anything else and finds problem after problem because of it . . .
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Quotation Inspiration #003: Decision making by Emerson
Sometimes making the choice to do something is the toughest. Once you’ve done that… KEEP WRITING! FINISH THAT NOVEL, SHORT STORY, POEM…
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Vandermeer on dissection for fiction writers
First of all, I picked up a copy of Jeff Vandermeer’s book, Wonderbook, and I’m having trouble deciding whether it’s a book about writing or a work of art–amazing! But on page 42, I read the following: To grow as a fiction writer, you absolutely must engage in some dissection of stories, your own and…
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Picture it #001…a photo to inspire your writing!
Ok, so it might lead to some angst, but just look at this image by Brooke Shaden–a girl in white falling into a dark abyss–and you’ll see that there’s a poem waiting there for you to write!