On Writing by Stephen King - Review - Fiction Writing
Stephen King is a human being. He's a normal man who happens to be good at, and enjoys, writing horror novels. He was a little boy with recurring ear infections, who spent a lot of time bedridden, reading and copying comic books. At the ... [... more]
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Automatically typing your characters' names
If you use word processing software, such as MS Word or Writer for Open Office, you may want to make use of some features that are excellent resources for writers. No matter which software you use, you should be able to use your Help file to find ... [... more]
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Creating Believable Characters - Fiction Writing
Characters are what readers remember about stories. You may have worked hard to craft the most brilliant description of a sunset that has ever been written and your reader will most likely have enjoyed reading it, but what your readers are really ... [... more]
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Practice Writing Plot in a Role Play Online - Fiction ...
Okay, so I admit it, I have "stumbled", "slunk", "sauntered" (and just about any word other than "walked") into a random online role play game (RPG) chat room a few times in my many years online. (It is actually [... more]
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The Writing Book by Kate Grenville - Review - Fiction ...
Kate Grenville is an award-winning Australian author, with the prestigious Orange Prize under her belt for The Idea of Perfection. Her latest novel, The Secret River, won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize and was shortlisted this year for both the ... [... more]
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The Importance of Foreshadowing - Fiction Writing
A foreshadow is the hint of something to come in a story. While fiction can imitate art, fiction also has some abilities to bend time that life does not. Like a flashback, a foreshadow is one of these time travelling tools except that instead of ... [... more]
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Plot versus character - which drives the story? - ...
Many writers are faced with the decision about whether to develop their story's plot or the main character first, and which element to use to drive the story. There are well-established camps on both sides of the argument. There's a simple answer ... [... more]
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Writing Fantasy - Fiction Writing
The Fantasy genre is pure escapism. Very often the author creates an entirely new universe or world, unique to their story, in which they make the rules and determine the mechanics of existence, behaviour, and interaction. It could be only a ... [... more]
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I picked up this book thinking it would be a specialist book for genre writers, with advice on beginning and sustaining a career in this type of writing. It has a few chapters relevant to genre writers, but unfortunately, Writing the Popular ... [... more]
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Creativity Rules! A Writer's Workbook - Review - Fiction ...
John Vorhaus works as a creative consultant for television networks and film production companies, and has taught creative writing in 17 countries. He is also the author of The Comic Toolbox, a resource book for comedy writers. Creativity Rules ... [... more]
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Writing action sequences - Fiction Writing
Whether you're writing action and adventure stories, or any other genre, at some stage you might decide to put your characters into an action sequence. Action can enliven a plot and add challenges for the characters that stretch their skills and ... [... more]
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Simply Sensational Glass Beading - Review - Creativity
Simply Sensational Glass Beading contains 35 really unusual and elegant beadwork projects, including ideas for using beading to create greeting cards. This is an excellent book for both beginners and more experienced beadworkers as there are ... [... more]
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