Outlines are useful tools in the writer’s toolbox. Even if you write without one, you probably still have one in your head. Somewhere in the back of your mind, you know where you are going with your writing piece. That’s…
Benefits of Outlines
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Take a Writing Day
If you have a daily writing routine, congratulations. However, sometimes routines can put you into a rut. So it’s good to shake up your writing routine by doing what I call a writing day. A writing day is a day…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Practicing Revision
I think daily revisions are important. I don’t mean revise as you write. That’s a delaying tactic and you will never finish a rough draft that way. I mean practicing. Yes, practice makes perfect is a cliché for a reason.…
Tagged with: action, adverbs, dialog, dialog tags, revise, revision, Writing Techniques
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Writing Daily
Having a daily writing routine is good. Every writer has their own writing routine. Mine is to start with a half hour to an hour of free writing in my journal. I sit in my living room, my laptop in…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Feline Freedom League September 2018
From: Smudge To: Mr. Whiskers at HQ Date: September 02, 2018 Subject: Quarterly Mission Report Agent Probie seems to have finally seen that Agent Melody is here to stay. I won’t say that they are friends, but they are not…
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Posted in Feline Freedom League Report
Posted in Feline Freedom League Report
Writing and Exercise
Writing is a sedentary occupation. For good health, we need to move around. So how to balance writing and exercise. Good cardio workouts can take it out of you but your heart will thank you for the workout. Exercises is…
Tagged with: Exercise, health, healthy heart, Write, writing
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Balancing Writing with Social Events
Writing is a solitary occupation, for the most part. There are collaborations with a team, but mostly it’s a single author working alone on a piece, fiction or not. Even with collaboration, you still are not socializing. You are working.…
Tagged with: breaks, socializing, writing, writing breaks, writing socializing
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Posted in General Opinion
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