Category: writing tips
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Fiction Writing and Foreshadowing
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Friday’s Findings
I’ve been so busy, I haven’t done a Friday’s Findings in a while. Lately, I’ve come across some resources for writers I really like. If you are looking for a more streamlined Scrivener, you might want to take a look at NovelPad. It’s free, but it has an upgrade. Milanote and Inkarnate also have upgrades,…
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No Character Is Perfect
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Resources for Authors and Writers
Someone recommended this page full of writing resources. Looks like a lot of good stuff. I’m going to have to spend some time and go through all the links. Photo by picjumbo.com from Pexels
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Friday’s Findings
Today I wrote an email to someone who worked in another department at my company. The subject being a sensitive one, I sent a preview of my text to my supervisor to get her opinion. “You’re too nice!” she joked. “I would just tell the person to do it, not ‘suggest’ it.” True, I admit.…
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Friday’s Findings
A baseball pitcher imagines the pitch he throws-before throwing it. A gymnast mentally reviews her routine-before executing it. A tennis player sees the swing of the racket in her mind-before each game. Athletes use mental imagery to improve their performance and connect the body to the mind. Writers should use mental imagery before they write…
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Friday’s Findings
Recently, I visited my local Speed Art Museum and enjoyed the exhibit Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper. She folded and molded Japanese paper into the shapes and folds of dresses and clothing of historical figures. Upon this paper, she painted intricate details of texture, patterns and created the illusion of actual cloth, actual…
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Friday’s Findings
He who controls the spice, controls the universe. Frank Herbert, Dune And he who controls the movie rights to Dune controls how people perceive the novel. Dune continues to be my favorite science fiction novel since my teen years. It’s been made for the screen three times so far: Dune (1984), Dune mini-series (2000), and…
