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The Seven Stages of Writing pt. 2

Posted on Sunday, August 16, 2015 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

The fourth stage of writing is plotting. Some writers make detailed plot outlines, others just dive in and write. The former are meticulous and the latter actually plot in their heads and go with that. The former have a firm…

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Seven Stages of Writing

Posted on Sunday, August 9, 2015 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

The seven stages of writing are generating an idea, world building, character development, plotting, writing, revising, and publishing. That assumes that you plan to publish of course. These stages are actually processes. Before you can write anything, you have to…

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Walking in the Park

Posted on Sunday, May 17, 2015 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

I walk two miles every morning. I walk down my street and go a park in my neighborhood. It has an asphalt path that meanders through it. The path is a mile long. I walk around it twice. Then I…

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Dreams

Posted on Sunday, March 8, 2015 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

I don’t remember my dreams as a rule. I keep my tablet handy in case I do wake up and remember a dream. It’s good to write them down as sometimes they can lead somewhere in fictions. Dreams are process…

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Pet Peeves

Posted on Sunday, January 11, 2015 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Pet peeves are those little things that people do that annoy you. I have three or four that come off the top of my head. People who throw their cigarettes out of their car windows are a pet peeve. The…

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Common Sense

Posted on Sunday, September 28, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

They say common sense isn’t so common. I don’t know about that. I think common sense is more common than people realize. It’s just that we only hear about those who don’t have it. The vast majority of people just…

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You Can Fix a Lot in Revision

Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

It’s true, you can fix a lot in revision. I am working on a case in point. I have a lot of work to do on the novel and I know that I need to fix several things before I…

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Axel Mauritz HENDRICKSON

Posted on Sunday, March 9, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Today’s blog is the profile of my grandfather, Axel Maurice HENDRICKSON. He was born 9 March 1895 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Swedish immigrants, Carl Mauritz HENDRICKSON and Amy Augusta PETERSON. The family were in Vermont for the 1900 US…

Louisa Mary LEMAY

Posted on Sunday, February 23, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Louisa Mary LEMAY was my great grandmother. I never met her. The only one of my siblings who did, and would remember her, would be Carl and I don’t know how much he’d remember. She died when he was six.…

Health Assessment and Writing

Posted on Sunday, February 9, 2014 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

I recently moved from one employer to another. I didn’t change jobs, I just got hired in as a permanent employee at the job. That meant that my health insurance changed. They want me to complete an online health assessment.…