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The Plastic Mancunian ― A year or two ago, I declared war on procrastination and told the world that I would write a book. ∙ The good news is that I am about to start and hopefully score a massive victory after years of abject failure. ∙ Actually, what I am...
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Plastic Mancunian ― 6 days ago
Journal Buddies - Journaling Fun for Everyone! ― In March, students got to know their characters through a series of prompts designed to bring out character traits and personalities. This month, students have the chance to take those same characters and put them into new and unexpected ...
Tags: Journal Prompts &, Journal Topics, Journal Prompts, Kids Writing, Short Stories, Writing Ideas
Jill Schoenberg ― 5 weeks 6 days ago
Mary T Bradford Author ― My writing friend Marie http://marieohalloran.blogspot.ie/ shared a blog with me that runs a 5 sentence fiction challenge each Thursday. A prompt is given and off you go, it is a really good exercise. Find out more by visiting the blog at the...
Tags: Marie O'Halloran, Fiction Challenge, 5 Sentence Story, Flash Fiction, Lillie McFreein, Writing Ideas.
Mary T Bradford ― 11 weeks 2 days ago
Margaret Rose Writes ― I submitted First Spring to the Boston Globe's Horn Book Awards today. It cost me an arm and a leg to get the books there by overnight mail since I didn't learn about the contest until yesterday. The awards have been handed out since 1967 for...
Tags: Writing Ideas, Margaret Rose, Inspiration, Margaret Rose Writes, First Spring, Guardian Angels Publishing
Margaret Rose ― 15 weeks ago
Margaret Rose Writes ― Yesterday after church, I was at a farewell gathering. While I was waiting for my turn to say goodbye, a fellow walked up to me and told me his daughter was here and she is a budding author. I couldn't resist the opportunity to cheer her on. Her ...
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No Passive Income ― Some people write wonderful texts in an inspired moment. Are you one of them? So you act like artists do. They lock themselves in their own world for some time, work very intensively without much thinking or planning and they create outstanding...
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Erik Emanuelli ― 21 weeks ago
Write Now ― When I was growing up, there were a few things that Mom told my sisters and me not to do. ∙ Like, for instance ∙ No tattling and whining. ∙ No writing on interior trim. I confess to scribbling on my windowsill once. Okay, ...
Tags: Writing Ideas, Karen Lange
Karen Lange ― 34 weeks ago
Notes from An Alien ― Today’s post is our 36th Author Interview, with some of our writers still working on their first book and some with many books to their credit—ranging in age from their teens to their seventies. In fact, John is the person who edged the age ...
Tags: Uncategorized, Author Interview, John William Rice, Writing Ideas, Writing Tips, YA Books
Alexander M Zoltai ― 36 weeks ago
Mary T Bradford Author ― At a recent writing meeting a discussion started up about characters names and the influence if any they have on a story. It got me thinking on how important the right name is. Think back to when, if you have children and it was time to choose ...
Tags: Naming You Character, Meaning Behind A Name, Ideas For Writing
Mary T Bradford ― 39 weeks ago
Write Now ― How much of real life makes it into your writing? ∙ For fiction, do you: ∙ Choose character traits or physical features from people you interact with or know? ∙ Form settings based on where you've lived or visited? ∙...
Tags: Writing Ideas, Karen Lange, Writing
Karen Lange ― 49 weeks ago
Get Paid to Write Online ― There’s more to being creative than creativity. When I was told that this month’s Word Carnival topic was going to be creativity I rejoiced. After all, who would know better than a writer or other creative professional about this stuff...
Tags: Writing, Creativity, Ideas, Writing Ideas
Sharon Hurley Hall ― 30 Nov, 11
Write Now ― I've been working on edits this week for the book ∙ Susan J. Reinhardt and I are writing. While reviewing a passage, I reflected on where I gathered the ideas for a young character. ∙ I had to smile, for I took snippets of actions ...
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Karen Lange ― 18 Aug, 11
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