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Sentence Variation

Posted on Sunday, March 13, 2022 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

In any writing, you need variation. This doesn’t mean only the words, although changing up your wording is good. You also need to vary your sentences. Consider this paragraph: He looked at the ball. He picked the ball up. He…

Feline Freedom League March 2022 Report

Posted on Sunday, March 6, 2022 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

From: Agent WinnieTo: Mr. WhiskersDate: 6 March 2022Subject: Mission Report I have undertaken the task of gathering our clowder’s copies of the reports we have sent to headquarters. I have decided they need to be organized. My first inclination was…

Tagged with: Cat, Cat Fiction, cats, feline, Feline Fiction, Feline Freedom League, FFL, fiction
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How To Overcome Writer’s Block

Posted on Sunday, February 27, 2022 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Everyone suffers from writer’s block once in awhile. There are methods to cure it, but the first thing you need to do is to figure out the cause. That sounds so easy, doesn’t it? Believe me, it’s anything but easy.…

Tagged with: Writer's Block, writer's block causes, writer's block cures, writing, Writing Techniques
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Practicing Writing To A Goal Or Deadline

Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2022 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

The realities of writing, at least as a professional, is the idea of the deadline. That’s a date and sometimes time to complete a piece of writing. Professional writers deal with them every day. If your goal is to be…

Tagged with: deadlines, goals, time management, writing, writing deadlines, writing goals, Writing Techniques
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Where Do You Write?

Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2022 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Some authors have an office they go to to write. Others write wherever and whenever they can. I have a home workstation in my bedroom. I write there a lot. I also write in my living room. I have things…

Tagged with: office, writing, writing locations, writing office, writing processes, Writing Techniques
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Feline Freedom League February 2022 Report

Posted on Sunday, February 6, 2022 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

From: Agent ProbieTo: Mr. WhiskersDate: 6 February 2022Subject: Mission Report It may not be clear from our reports, but things are somewhat chaotic here. It has been so since the death of Agent Smudge. We don’t seem to be making…

Tagged with: Cat, Cat Fiction, cats, feline, Feline Fiction, Feline Freedom League, fiction
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Watch Your Tenses

Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2022 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Few things will pop me out of a story faster than a sudden change in tenses. One minute, we are in the past tense, then poof! we are in the present tense. It’s even worse when the change happens in…

Tagged with: tenses, verb tenses, verb tenses mixed, verbs, writing, Writing Techniques
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When Repetition Is Good

Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2022 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Last week I talked about varying your words. I gave some good advice, but I also want to talk about the times when you need repetition. It isn’t a bad thing, if sprinkled through the piece in small amounts. When…

Tagged with: repeated situations, repeated words, repetition, repetitive writing, word choice, writing, Writing Techniques
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Vary Your Words

Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2022 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Words can be powerful things. When writing, the use of the exact right word is crucial tothe process. That said, you shouldn’t be in love with a particular word either. My mothertold me of a book she read in which…

Tagged with: fiction writing techniques, synonym, synonyms, words, writing, Writing Techniques
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Watch Your Point of View

Posted on Sunday, January 9, 2022 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

A little while ago, I was reading fan fiction online. I quite enjoy doing that. My enjoyment was spoiled in one of the stories I was reading. The author switched the point of view character several times in the piece…

Tagged with: narrator, narrator shifts, Point of view, POV, writing, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques