A personal essay is a short piece of autobiographical writing. It’s nonfiction, but you can use it to practice writing fiction. Tell a story about yourself in an essay. I won’t pretend it will be easy. It likely won’t be.…
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Using The Personal Essay As A Writing Exercise
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Using Fan Fiction As A Writing Exercise
Fan fiction is the practice of writing stories for your favorite TV shows, movies, books, etc. These usually use the worlds, characters and norms created by someone else. This is perfectly legal as long as you don’t claim it as…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
A Writing Exercise
Today I give you another writing exercise. In fact, it’s a combination of exercise and challenge. When you complete the exercise, you will have five drabbles, that is five stories of one hundred words each. Each story will use one…
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Posted in Writing Techniques
An Exercise In Scenes
Last week, I talked about changing your writing habits. When I write, I sometimes come up with a character or a plot. Then I thought about changing it up. I decided to start by describing a setting. When I did…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Changing writing habits
Sometimes we fall into ruts when we are writing. It happens, for some people, it happens a lot. For a writer, we often find that if we fall into a rut the words dry up and we are blocked. If…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Keeping A Journal
One of the best ways to practice the craft of writing is to maintain a journal. It’s a good way to develop the habit of writing on a daily basis, which you should do if you want to be a…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
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