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Shaping Your World with Stories
Games and novels both tell stories. What motivates a reader or a gamer? How does the world shape the story? Let’s explore these ideas.
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When the author is too embarrassed to write her story
Second hand embarrassment. We all know it. Those cringe moments can make me stop watching a show or leave the room. As my sisters well know, since I leave the room whenever the dinner party happens in Pride and Prejudice (Colin Frith edition). Mary’s singing, followed by the father and mother’s tactlessness are too much.…
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Figuring out how to finish all my Unfinished Writing Projects
Are unfinished projects bringing you down too? How do you break free of such a bad habit? Let’s figure it out!
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writer’s block: how to beat it
You have to write something but you’re stuck. What do you do? How do break free? Let’s find out what Robert Pirsig says from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
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Writing Tips: Dramatic Scenes, oh the drama
A how-to-write essay series by Ava Clary When you write be Dynamic and Dramatic I’m trying to figure out how ‘show, don’t tell’ works. What do people mean by show? Well, I’ve decided it means you write dynamically. You make drama happen. Here’s a scene I’m thinking about. I’ll start by describing a hotel and a…
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Writing tip: Design Advice for writers
A how-to-write essay series by Ava Clary 2) Design Advice Adapted for Writers I love to take advice from one medium and apply it to writing. How exactly does this work? Well, you watch a YouTube video on a film director, or you discover a post about design, but you take all the tidbits and…
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Writing Advice: The Act of Writing
“And then you just do it. You dig in a write it. You use your body. You lean over your computer and stretch and pace. You do it because the doing of it is the thing. The doing is the thing.” Amy Poehler The Act of Writing I’m still listening to Amy Poehler read Yes…