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When the author is too embarrassed to write her story
Secondhand embarrassment. We all know it. Those cringe moments can make me stop watching a show or leave the room. As my sisters well know, 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 is too much. Nope. I’m…
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Figuring out how to finish my Novels and all my Unfinished 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 about writing dramatically. 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 Tips, inspirations and characters
Here’s the last of a writing essays series. I meant to post this years ago, but kept putting it off and left the draft hanging around. The full series of Writing Tips includes: Sharing and Stealing like an Artist The Act of Writing Design Advice for Writers Dramatic Scenes, oh the drama How to Write…