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The Bottomless Notebook
Author: Shery Ma Belle Arrieta-Russ
Reading through a writer's notebook or journal is like discovering pearls, rubies and diamonds amidst a pile of rubble...
7 Writing Muse Kickers to Fill Up That Blank Page
Author: Shery Ma Belle Arrieta-Russ
Nothing is more daunting for any writer than having to stare at a blank sheet of paper...
Write Possibilities
Author: Shery Ma Belle Arrieta-Russ
We writers are a powerful lot. We control time. We dictate actions. We control destinies. We can make two completely opposite people fall in love with each other, and we can create family feuds that can last for centuries...
Stimulate Your Sensebuds...and Wave Goodbye To Writers Cramp!
Author: Linda Gray
When you get stuck for ideas, and the words won't flow, invariably it's because one, more or all of your senses aren't being stimulated...
Untrue Father (A short Story)
Author: O.P.Somani
Kallu was a tenant of Santosh Kumar Nayak. Santosh Kumar was a businessman in a small town of Utter Pradesh. So far the rent is concerned he was charging the rent very much according to the prevalent rates...
How to Write Funny -- Its All About Timing
Author: Sarah Smiley
My Dad has this old joke that goes, "What's the most important thing about humor?" After a short pause, he interjects, "TIMING!"...
Crime Writing Beckons
Author: Nithya K
If your cash is running out fast and you have an incessant need to write, why not turn to crime?...
Alternative View Points and the Lamp of Creativity
Author: Sue Kendrick
Pictures they say are worth a thousand words, but many writers know that they are worth much more than that!...
The Spectre Hound
Author: Susanna Duffy
And a dreadful thing from the cliff did spring, and its wild bark thrill'd around, His eyes had the glow of the fires below,
'twas the form of the spectre hound...
Voice in Narrative and Dialogue - A Contrast of Writing Styles
Author: Michael LaRocca's
One of the nice things about being an author is that we can breakany rule we want. (I just did.) It's part of our job description.Language changes through usage -- definitions, spelling, grammar-- and authors can help it do this. But on the other hand, wehave to have some sort of agreement on the language or we won'tbe able to talk to each other...
The One-Plot Wonder
Author: Michael LaRocca's
Back in the mid to late 1980s I was a security guard. The pay waslousy, but it gave me many hours in seclusion to write shortstories and novels. However, I usually worked over 80 hours aweek. No one can write that much. Well, at least not me. Thus Idiscovered the joys of my local libraries...
Interview with Suspense Author Peter Abrahams
Author: Jennifer Minar
Peter Abrahams is the author of thirteen novels, including "The Tutor," (Ballantine Books) "A Perfect Crime," (Ballantine Books), "The Fan" (Fawcett Books), and most recently, "Their Wildest Dreams" (Ballantine Books)...
The Three Cs of Writing an Excellent all Purpose Headline
Author: Steven Boaze (Chairman)
Since the headline is the first contact your readers have with your message, it must reach out to them. Promise them a benefit. Tell them how they will be better off if they read the rest of the ad. Use action verbs. Save ten dollars is a stronger heading than Savings of ten dollars because of the verb...
Interviewing an Author: Dont Be Left Speechless
Author: Stephen Jordan
Joyce Carol Oates. Langston Hughes. Anne Sexton. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Nikki Giovanni. The names of authors (dead and alive) can go on and on. But I'll let you have first pick!...
Unusual Points of View
Author: Rita Marie Keller
Most writers are familiar with first and third points of view and their variations. But have you ever experimented with alternative points of view? Below are some less used points of view, what I call "unusual points of view." Try using these when you're blocked or you want to try something new...
I Am Biodegradable - My Writing Is Not
Author: David Leonhardt
My dad was wrong. I just discovered that I am good for nuthin' after all. In fact I've been good for nuthin' all along. I am 100% biodegradable and that means I can be recycled into nuthin'. It also means that no matter how much I waste, no matter how much I consume, no matter how much I pollute, in the end I am environment-friendly. Best of all, I now have an end use...
Write a Letter, Make a Difference
Author: Leslie Laskin-Reese
Today I took the dog for a walk and realized that there is a letter that I must write. Near our house, we walk up a once paved road that is now mostly rock and mud. It runs behind several houses then up a hill and ends at some very high priced home sites that are, as yet, unbuilt...
Top 10 Tips to Complete a Creative Writing Project Without Losing Your Creativity
Author: Ginger Blanchette
Have you ever started a creative writing project with great excitement, only to have your interest dwindle as the process, itself, interfere with your creativity? How do you keep the momentum going and continue to enjoy the creative process? Follow these tips for high creativity, fun and success!..
The Unwritten World Of The Reality Of Letterwriting
Author: Tamara Stevens
You may wonder why I have chosen this title of this post. Well from my experience is that it is really hard to put the feeling into words about what letter writing means to me. Letter writing is becoming a lost art on many levels. It is fading into the background of society...
Sense of Place
Author: Karyn Follis Cheatham
What is Sense of Place? It's the image of a scene's environment evoked by the writing. The author becomes an artist; the book page is the canvas, sentences and phrasing are the brushes; words give color... |
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