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Characterization – Giving Each Character Uni...

Characterization – Giving Each Character Unique Mannerisms

As writers, one of the most important aspects of our story writing is to present the reader with real life,...

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Writing Prompt by Bella McPherson

Writing Prompt by Bella McPherson

A writer is only as good as her ideas. That is why it’s frustrating when writers run out of...

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Publishing

Get Ready For the ISTC, A New Book Identifier

Get Ready For the ISTC, A New Book Identifier

ISTC (International Standard Text Code) is likely to come into use in the book industry worldwide late this...

Writing Prompts: Workplace Gossip

Where there are people, there is gossip. There’s no getting away from that. I suppose it is the result of not...

Writing Prompts: Workplace Gossip
posted on: May 13, 2008 | section: Creative Writing Prompts

Novel Writing: Playing Chicken With Y...

Part IV of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series And now we come to the hard bit. You’ve got your theme,...

Novel Writing: Playing Chicken With Your Story
posted on: May 12, 2008 | section: Story Development

Writing Prompts: Workplace Memos

Well it’s Monday again and time to put our nose back to the grindstone. I decided that since we spend up to a...

Writing Prompts: Workplace Memos
posted on: May 12, 2008 | section: Creative Writing Prompts

Best of Craigslist: Part VI – M...

It’s Friday! And not just any Friday. It’s the Friday before the biggest holiday of the year....

Best of Craigslist: Part VI – Mom’s Edition
posted on: May 9, 2008 | section: Creative Writing Prompts
Novel Writing: Burying Your Novel’s Message

Novel Writing: Burying Your Novel’s Mes...

posted on: May 8, 2008 | section: Story Development

Part III of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series In the first two articles, we’ve explored how essential it is to have a theme to give...

Writing Prompts: Animal Moms

Writing Prompts: Animal Moms

posted on: May 8, 2008 | section: Creative Writing Prompts

So far this week, we’ve been focusing on human moms. Let’s take a moment and show a little appreciation for the other animal moms out...

Writing Prompts: Neurotic Moms

Writing Prompts: Neurotic Moms

posted on: May 7, 2008 | section: Creative Writing Prompts

Okay, so everyone thinks their mom is a little bit crazy. Especially when she goes outside in her housecoat and rollers to get the morning newspaper...

Writing Prompts: Supernatural Moms

Writing Prompts: Supernatural Moms

posted on: May 6, 2008 | section: Creative Writing Prompts

Your characters aren’t often normal so why should their mom’s be? Today’s writing prompts will focus on moms who don’t...

Writing Prompts: Motherhood

Writing Prompts: Motherhood

posted on: May 5, 2008 | section: Creative Writing Prompts

Sunday May 11th is Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day started off as a private celebration by Anna Jarvis of her mother Ann Jarvis who had...

Novel Writing: How to Find Your Novel’s Pulse

Novel Writing: How to Find Your Novel’s...

posted on: May 5, 2008 | section: Story Development

PART II of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series The best novels you’ve ever read—the ones that stuck in your mind and kept you...

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