Tag: writinglife
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A Common Thread Between Haruki Murakami and Jhumpa Lahiri
Je ne suis pas française. Je suis philippin-chinois américain, mais j’adore le langue française. J’etudie le française durant mon septieme et huitieme noter. Et puis de nouveau pendant quelques années à l’université. Excusez-moi, pour moi erreurs. J’apprends la langue française tout au long de ma vie. L’un de mes passe-temps favoris en plus d’écrire est…
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Publish or Not to Publish
Publishing can be just as scary as pushing the emergency button to let someone know your place is on fire. Okay, maybe it’s not that bad, but it sure feels like it, am I right?
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Dial up Your Procrastinating Skills
Rather than stressing about the things we need to get done while we are stuck in procrastination station, we ought to embrace it wholeheartedly and stay in the be. here. now. moment, if you know what I’m saying.
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The Creative Writers Nook
People Are Worth a Follow I call it a nook because when you type in “creative writer” the search will supply you with a short list of posts from writers sharing their craft in this little corner of the internet. This nook located in WordPress Reader felt like I was casually driving through a part…
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TBH
Thoughts from a 40-Something When I was 15 years old, I thought 30-year-olds were old AF. This is when summers lasted forever and an hour felt like 10. And the age when I thought what I wore would make or break my day with the in-crowd. Those days are long gone. I’m well past 30,…
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Nobody Cares
How To Get An “I Care” Response From Your Audience Unfortunately, those were the first words my daughter heard when she entered the public school system in the sixth grade. She was home-schooled up until that point and it broke her heart. It also hardened her a little. “Nobody cares,” became her new mantra, but…
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Evaluating Your Fictional Character
Hey there writers! With all my posts about self-improvement, I like to mix it up and write about writing. Interested in finding ways to add depth to your character? Read on and if you would like to see how this can apply to your own life, scroll down to the bottom. In my post about…
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Establishing a Writing Habit
How can you successfully establish a writing habit? You want to have one, but you don’t know where to start. If a journey of a thousand miles begins with a step, then every story told begins with a single word. We all have to start somewhere. When I think about a writing habit, I think…
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Musings From a Creative Writer
Creative writing is the imaginative musings of a writer. The writer incorporates the senses to show the reader a story. It’s a flowery embellishment of sorts, describing a park you’ve created from your imagination. It’s the sensation a character feels from the sun on their skin in the middle of the day. In school, your…
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Character Development
Character development can be challenging. You have a character. You’ve given them a name and some physical details, but you want your audience to connect with them on a deeper level. When I’m reading a story, my connection with them grows when I get a glimpse inside their head. Make a list of characters you…