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Weekly Creative Writing Tip: How to Write a Good Fantasy

July 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Creative Writing Tips

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Weekly Creative Writing Tip: Vonnegut’s Advice on Short Stories

April 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Creative Writing Tips

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Weekly Creative Writing Tip: Tony Wilson A Practical Guide to Creative Writing

March 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Creative Writing Tips

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Weekly Creative Writing Tip: Compliment vs Complement

February 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Creative Writing Tips

“This new software will compliment the existing system.”
Can you spot what’s wrong with that sentence?

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Weekly Creative Writing Tip: Ray Bradbury on writing

February 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Creative Writing Tips

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Weekly Creative Writing Tip: Finding the time to write…

February 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Creative Writing Tips

Hey, we’re all busy and sometimes finding the time to write is a challenge. Here are a few tips I found helped me in finding that time to write:

Create boundaries. Make sure your family understand your writing times and that you are not to be disturbed. This includes kids and even pets. Explain to them [...]

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Weekly Creative Writing Tip: Music to write by….

January 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Creative Writing Tips

Someone once asked me if I had a soundtrack to my life what would it sound like. In all reality, I’d have a laugh track with music being playful and a bit chaotic. Writing stories, however, demands something a bit more complex such as effective mood and daring to goad characters and develop scenes for [...]

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Weekly Creative Writing Tip: You Are What You Read

December 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Creative Writing Tips

Readers often ask how to improve their English writing skills when English is not their native language and they don’t live in an English-speaking country. My advice? Do it the way I did. Imitate.
Imitate somebody. You can’t gain skill in a language, whether or not it’s your native language, without imitating those who are more [...]

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Weekly Creative Writing Tip: The importance of grammar

December 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Creative Writing Tips

I’ve encountered a number of writers lately that have me read their work for constructive criticism, with the emphasis on ‘it’s just a rough draft’. I think what they mean is that they want feedback on the content, not so much on punctuation. As a reader though, sifting through poor grammar and fragmented sentences is [...]

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