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Category: knockout idea
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…
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?
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 . . .
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…
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…
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!