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Posted on 7 November, 2019
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Have you ever come across the notion that writing in first person is bad? Of course, people can like whatever they want but I suspect they don’t like it because they were told to. Somebody told them that adverbs are bad, that cliches are… Continue Reading “Stay True to Yourself”
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Posted on 21 June, 2019
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Perhaps that’s just how some stories are? Some are more demanding than others. They demand rewrites and the plot doesn’t come out as smoothly as you want. Perhaps the process is the mistakes? Finding the story can be difficult but that doesn’t mean that… Continue Reading “The Core of the Tale”
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Posted on 19 June, 2019
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Yep, it’s the beginning that was flawed, I see that now. In my Last Post, I talked about my stories never ending neatly and I figured out that if the beginning isn’t good, the ending won’t be either. So, how can I be certain… Continue Reading “I can’t believe I did this again…”
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Posted on 17 June, 2019
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I while back, I promised myself to never work on a short story for more than a month and now I’ve broken this promise and I feel awful. Why did it take longer than the other times? I don’t know, but I feel that… Continue Reading “It shouldn’t be this frustrating”
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Posted on 31 May, 2019
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When I write a story, the important thing isn’t in what order I place the scenes or to create a structure, the most important thing is to find the characters and their motivations. This means you’ll write very generally at first, for instance: When… Continue Reading “One Step Closer”
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Posted on 29 May, 2019
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I feel the need to be a bit more clear after my last post. All the things I said stands but I wrote it more for me so I’m not sure the point I made was clear. I tried to cheat. I took a… Continue Reading “I Cheated”
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Posted on 27 May, 2019
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Did I just make a blog post telling you to give up when it gets hard? No! Sometimes stories are hard; some are easier than others but they can all be something. I’m just lazy. Buckle down and make it work, you bum! Do… Continue Reading “I’m Such an Idiot…”
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Posted on 3 April, 2019
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I’ve read many sorts of books and I’ve come to realise that in the English speaking world, it is very common to have stories with themes. A red line that ties the story together. I’ve read a couple of the classics from my own… Continue Reading “Tell the Truth!”
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Posted on 10 November, 2017
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… is what I’ve come to realise after reading through mountains of writer’s advice blogs and articles: don’t read them. They will discourage you, if anything else. Now, I realise this might be considered writer’s advice as well, but I believe there are exceptions.… Continue Reading “Writer’s Advice is Useless…”
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Posted on 6 March, 2017
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I have one rule. Invariably, at the end of each working day, I stop at a point at which I know exactly what is going to happen next. I have the lines ready in my head, I simply don’t write them down. So the… Continue Reading “Listen To Your Masters”
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