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Weekly Creative Writing Tip: Kill Your Darlings

August 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Variation: Kill your babies (Albert Herring)
Some attribute this quote, or the slightly different version “Kill all your darlings”, to Mark Twain and some claim that it was F. Scott Fitzgerald who said it. However, it was author William Faulkner who said it first and teachers of creative writing, film makers, journalist and other kinds of [...]

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Weekly Creative Writing Tip: The Idea Folder

August 9th, 2008 · No Comments

An idea folder is just that; a folder you maintain on the computer where you store your ideas, titles, characters, plots, and just about anything else related to writing. Its a place to save your thoughts when creativity sparks. Whenever you are at a loss of topics or something to write about, you can peruse [...]

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Weekly Creative Writing Tip: Redrafting with Writer Keith Gray

August 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

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Weekly Creative Writing Tip: Setting from Writer Keith Gray

July 26th, 2008 · No Comments

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Weekly Creative Writing Tip: Plot by Writer Keith Gray

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

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Weekly Creative Writing Tip: Characters According to Writer Keith Gray

July 12th, 2008 · No Comments

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