I recently read an interesting post that sparked yet another hot debate on a social media writer’s group. This particular writer said that they don’t care if nobody ever reads their writing. In their world there is no such thing as writing for readers. They write for the pure love of writing. Now, I tried, […]
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HOW TO CREATE CONFLICT
HOW TO CREATE CONFLICT ‘The greatest rules of dramatic writing are conflict, conflict and conflict.’ James Frey Learning how to create conflict in your stories is crucial. Imagine reading a story that begins where the main character has no flaws or fears, lives in a great environment, has happy well-balanced relationships, a great job and […]
What Are Writing Prompts?
Writing prompts are words and phrases that serve to trigger your imagination and help you form new ideas. For example: The body was still warm. I bet an image of a body appeared in your mind. Did you wonder about the body? Maybe you began to concoct a story around the image? Well, that’s how […]
WRITING EXERCISES
Each of the following writing exercises describes a dramatic situation and each one is designed to appeal to our visual senses. The images we see in our mind will depend on our own personal experiences, including experiences we have of similar situations in books or films. WE ARE UNIQUE We are all unique and our […]
GOOGLE’S HUMMINGBIRD FOR WRITERS
GOOGLE’S HUMMING BIRD – FOR WRITERS I am really enjoying the whole process of building my websites. Everything about it is creative and challenging. I have now built up two other sites for children: www.coolkidsstories.com & www.ballyyahoo.com And, because I love gardening and wanted to track my progress, I also started a little blog about […]