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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Balancing Time
When you write something, you must edit your text. NaNoWriMo is all about writing. Forget the self-editing until you finish the first or rough draft done. Then you can revise what you wrote. Established authors say to let the work…
Reading
Writing goes hand in hand with reading. While some of us write for our own pleasure, most write to be read. To do that well, you need to study your genre. If you want to write mysteries, read mysteries. If…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Journaling to Practice Your Writing
Everyone has to practice. Professional athletes practice their sports. Musicians practice their instruments or singing. Actors rehearse, which is simply just another word for practice. Writers need to practice as well. There’s a reason the phrase “practice makes perfect” is…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Repetition In Writing
A small amount of repetition can help emphasize points and complement your righting but too much is boring. If you are like me, you likely over used a word or two in your writing. Most word processing software include mechanisms…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Fiction
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Fiction
Writer’s Block
We’ve all faced it. The blank page with no words at all. Nowhere. It’s writer’s block and it can be scary. It can also be overcome. Notice, I said it could be overcome. I did not say it could easily…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Writer’s Block
Writers block is the bane of all writers. You sit there, staring at a blank word processor, its cursor blinks evilly at you. Or maybe it is accusing you of being stupid. Rest assured, that blinking cursor is not evil.…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Reference Books
No matter what you are writing good reference books are essential. They might be in a library that you have to travel to or on the internet, but at some point a writer will need to use a reference book.…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Change
Sometimes the runes are a little bit spooky. Today I drew Kaunaz. It’s a rune of knowledge and means a radical and permanent change is coming. It’s freaky because I know that change is coming. I have been drawing runes…
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Posted in General Opinion, Uncategorized, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Uncategorized, Writing Techniques
Self-discipline
My problem lately is that I have been too easily distracted. I allowed myself to be distracted. Self-discipline is an important tool in a writer’s tool box. I would put it right up there with pen, paper, and words. If…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
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