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- September 3rd, 2010, 8:55 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: LABOR DAY WEEKEND WRITE-OFF
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13282
Re: LABOR DAY WEEKEND WRITE-OFF
Don't forget! :)
- August 16th, 2010, 11:46 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: How do you get yourself to write?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 18945
Re: How do you get yourself to write?
This is a long video (20 minutes) but well worth your time. It's a talk done by Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love) about the creative process. It applies to everything from writing to dancing to painting and every creative endeavor. My favorite part comes near the end, where she talks about the or...
- August 15th, 2010, 10:32 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: How do you get yourself to write?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 18945
Re: How do you get yourself to write?
Don't die a dreamer. Die a do-er.
- August 13th, 2010, 3:29 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: WriteOnCon
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3357
Re: WriteOnCon
I saw your name bouncing around over there, Robin! I thought it was great and really informative. :)
- August 13th, 2010, 3:25 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: LABOR DAY WEEKEND WRITE-OFF
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13282
Re: LABOR DAY WEEKEND WRITE-OFF
Why not? We're making the rules here, right? LOL
Just limit yourself to a 72-hour period to get 'er done, and then post your results after Labor Day. :) Thanks for playing along, Robin!
Just limit yourself to a 72-hour period to get 'er done, and then post your results after Labor Day. :) Thanks for playing along, Robin!
- August 13th, 2010, 2:13 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: LABOR DAY WEEKEND WRITE-OFF
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13282
LABOR DAY WEEKEND WRITE-OFF
Just among us. Create your own goal of words/pages to complete over LABOR DAY WEEKEND and do it! You decide your own ass-in-the-chair hours that work best with your schedule, so long as your goal is started no sooner than Friday, Sept. 3rd and met by the end of the day on Monday, Sept. 6th. What do...
- August 11th, 2010, 12:17 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Its got a nice beat I can dance to....
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6309
Re: Its got a nice beat I can dance to....
Anything by Bob Dylan or Joanna Newsom.
- August 11th, 2010, 12:15 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Can we start calling it something other than a query?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6335
Re: Can we start calling it something other than a query?
A scratch card?
- August 9th, 2010, 6:24 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Pacing & the Passage of Time
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3234
Re: Pacing & the Passage of Time
Thank you for this!Nathan Bransford wrote:Here's my take from way back when: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2007/03 ... -pace.html
- August 8th, 2010, 3:12 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Asphyxiating Alliteration
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5103
Re: Asphyxiating Alliteration
So you all agree with me then. LOL
- August 8th, 2010, 12:20 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Asphyxiating Alliteration
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5103
Asphyxiating Alliteration
Now I love witty alliteration just as much as the next girl, but I just finished a novel with so many forced examples it was laughable. If done badly or overdone, alliteration pulls me out of the story. There's a lesson in moderation here. Restraint and Skill. If you're using four adjectives or adv...
- August 7th, 2010, 11:50 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Pacing & the Passage of Time
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3234
Pacing & the Passage of Time
Is the phrase "pacing" referring solely to the amount of action/reveal happening per chapter? Or does it also deal with the passage of time (in the story not in the amount of pages between)? I've just been thinking a lot lately about transitions between scenes, what's important to mention...
- July 16th, 2010, 8:33 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Rapid Aging in YA?!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3278
Re: Rapid Aging in YA?!
Thanks for the reassurance, guys! :)
- July 16th, 2010, 11:20 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: famous names, places and brands
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2568
Re: famous names, places and brands
My understanding is that you can reference any company/brand as a point of reference or setting; however, you'd want to be careful in two respects: 1. In any way defaming the institution. 2. Dating your work. Of course this is different than full-on quoting large passages of copyrighted material - c...
- July 16th, 2010, 2:33 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: PREDICT THE NEXT BIG YA GENRE
- Replies: 61
- Views: 28094
Re: PREDICT THE NEXT BIG YA GENRE
BWAH HA HA HA!!!! OMG, HA HA HA!!!!Quill wrote:Dystopian mermaids fleeing the Gulf oil mess and running into pirates.