Tag: craft
group name: writing
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June 21, 2007 05:16 PM EDT --
Dean Koontz wanted "to write a story with a runaway-train pace, involving mistaken identity." The result? Another New York Times best seller titled The Good Guy. Dean recently . . . more
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February 21, 2008 10:22 AM EST --
A publishing goal, am I supposed to have one of those? I feel foolish thinking about it. I love to put my thoughts down on virtual paper, but it hadn't occurred to me that . . . more
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November 08, 2007 05:23 PM EST --
On Monday, November 19th at 10 p.m. ET, bestselling crime fiction writer Lisa Gardner will reveal her favorite true crime story on Court TV's series "Murder By The Book." The episode . . . more
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December 30, 2007 01:29 PM EST --
The guidelines for the Sunday Writing group remain pretty simple, and even though I'm going to follow this with a longer discussion, it's simply this:
Writers are encouraged to come . . . more
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March 08, 2008 11:41 PM EST --
I flipped through John Gardner's On Writers and Writing earlier today. In places tedious and too highbrow for a casual read, it nevertheless started me thinking. About novelists. About their novels. . . . more
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January 14, 2008 07:16 PM EST --
We live in a "charming" 1828 colonial; it's one of those potential-if-you-have-excessive-amounts-of-money-homes. Compared to a McMansion, it's sorely lacking, but we love . . . more
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July 04, 2008 08:17 PM EDT --
I have been making knives for quite a while now and I usually make the larger ones using deer antler for the handles. I carve a "mountain man" face on the "crown" or the end that breaks . . . more
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September 08, 2007 05:22 PM EDT --
He fell from the sky and landed on the unforgiving sidewalk in front of her. He was no more than twenty yards from her new pink sandals. There the man lay, still and face . . . more
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September 08, 2007 10:46 PM EDT --
You've likely heard the quote that "you only have one chance to make a first impression."
I get e-mails from writer friends and am shocked by their inability to craft even a simple sentence . . . more
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January 05, 2008 07:17 AM EST --
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February 08, 2008 09:55 AM EST --
I have never written much of anything. As a matter of fact, I don't remember writing all that much in high school. That could be due to the considerable amount of time that has . . . more
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February 08, 2008 12:02 PM EST --
I talk to my kids a lot when we are in the car. It's the perfect place; they are strapped down in a small space with me and have to listen to whatever is on my mind. Sometimes . . . more
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February 22, 2008 10:29 AM EST --
When the rain finally arrived, it was anticlimactic. I spent much of the day preparing, something I have learned over the past twenty years. In Florida, even if there is only the slightest chance . . . more
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January 20, 2008 02:20 PM EST --
It's bright sunny and - no kidding here - 13 below zero in St. Paul today. If there's a yard sale today, I'm not going to it. Instead, we'll do another installment of past . . . more
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March 23, 2008 11:47 PM EDT --
"There are very few good judges of humor, and they don't agree. " Josh Billings
I've posted several articles on writing humor. One thing . . . more
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March 24, 2008 12:41 AM EDT --
This is the second in a series about my week in charge of my own life, while my concierge, Hubs, is on vacation. The previous installment, Home Alone - I'm No Cinderella , is a heartbreaking . . . more
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June 11, 2007 08:36 PM EDT --
I’ve been asked to do an article about Point Of View (POV).
So, for the beginner - what is POV?
Point of View is the way the story is told, through that narrator’s point . . . more
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October 02, 2007 09:54 AM EDT --
Coming soon (slated for the end of October) - Short Sheet For Writers (will be #7, I believe). See www.shortsheetsforwriters.com
Scenes are the divisions of developments and . . . more
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July 20, 2008 02:32 PM EDT --
picnic at the park
intimate meeting at their home
dancing with my wife
seeing them listen to the music
kayaking on the lake
swimming in the club's . . . more
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July 18, 2008 11:28 AM EDT --
War Limerick
there once were wars, a bunch,
putting our economy in a crunch,
the killings were many
seemed so very . . . more
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