A few weeks ago, I wrote about starting a story and what makes a good opening for a story. Now I’m going to talk about the ending for a story because a good beginning, or opening, is not enough you…
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Opening Lines
A good opening sentence can make or break a story. The entire story can hinge on that one sentence. That’s not always the case, but readers need to want to continue reading, so the opening sentence has to be good.…
Tagged with: opening lines, starting a story, writing, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Fiction
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Fiction
Organization
If you are a writer, you have to do background work. You need to organize those notes so that you can find whatever you need when you need it. I have a folder on my computer where I put my…
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.…
Tagged with: word, words, writer, Writer's Block, writers, writing, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Deadlines
If you have trouble getting motivated to write something or do something, you might find it helpful to set a deadline. A deadline is just a due date. A deadline can spur you to do whatever it is that you…
Focus
Last week, I talked about setting targets for your writing sessions as a way to help you to achieve your writing goals. This week, I will talk about one of the benefits of setting those targets — focus. Setting such…
Setting Session Targets
Project targets are good. I have been using them to write these blogs and they seem to help me to reach a certain word count. Targets are something to aim at. They are a lot like goals, but they are…
Tagged with: nanowrimo, targets, word counts, word targets, writing, Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
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