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Love What You Write

Posted on Sunday, November 28, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Writing can be an enjoyable experience or it can be a nightmare. It’s your choice. It doesn’t have to be a chore. The trick is to find a story you want to tell. Don’t worry about what’s selling, although that…

Tagged with: Character, characters, word flow, words, writing, Writing Techniques
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Short Fiction

Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Short fiction is any fiction that isn’t a novel. I know you think that isn’t very helpful. I know. Short fiction can vary from a single sentence to what isn’t a novel. So, you ask, what’s a novel. Unfortunately, my…

The Pros and Cons of NaNoWriMo

Posted on Sunday, October 31, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

NaNoWriMo is a writing challenge. It started in San Francisco as a challenge among friends to write a novel in a month. It exploded from there. Now it’s a world-wide challenge run through a website. It promotes literacy which is…

Adding Magic To A Fictional World

Posted on Sunday, October 24, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

The next in our world building series of blogs is on the magic in your fictional world. This is an optional thing. You can skip it if you don’t plan on having your characters use magic. If you do plan…

WorldBuilding: Making Fictional Technology

Posted on Thursday, October 7, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Another part of world building deals with technology. Knowing the technology your characters had access to, is crucial. It’s always better to have a handle on it before you begin writing the piece. There are questions you need to ask…

Do You Need to World Build

Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

World building is the process of assembling a place for your fiction to happen. How much of it you need to do depends on what your plot requires. The world building needs of science fiction are different from those of…

A Few Words Of Advice

Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

The first bit of advice people always give writers is “write what you know”. That’s still good advice, but there are other things you should do as well. The first is research. Research lets you know more about what you…

Tagged with: reading aloud, Research, revision, writing, writing advice, Writing Techniques
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Meditation

Posted on Sunday, August 8, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Sometimes you need to sharpen your focus when you are writing. Meditation helps with that. It’s especially helpful if you are working through a troublesome scene. Meditation is easy. It has few rules that you need to adhere to. The…

Tagged with: Focus, meditation, Writer's Block, writing, Writing Techniques, writinig tools
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Research

Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Even if you are writing fiction, you may find you need to do research. You wouldn’t want to have Fifth Avenue in Manhattan running north and south. Your readers would call you on it. It’s more accurate to say it…

Tagged with: characters jobs, Research, settings, writing, Writing Techniques
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Brainstorming

Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Brainstorming is the process we use to come up with ideas. We can then use those ideas to write about or to come up with the solutions to problems. You can do it in teams or solo. That’s what’s nice…