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Caster Girls & Boys. Lor Mandela - L. Carroll. The YA Sisterhood. Stuck in Books. Are These Filter Words Weakening Your Fiction? After taking several weeks away from the first draft of my novel, I decided to jump back in. I expected to find all sorts of problems with the story: inconsistencies in the plot, lack of transitions, poor characterization—the works. But what began to stick out at me the most was something to which I’d given little thought in writing the first draft.

Filter words. What Are Filter Words? Actually, I didn’t even know these insidious creatures had a name until I started combing the internet for info. Filter words are those that unnecessarily filter the reader’s experience through a character’s point of view. “Filtering” is when you place a character between the detail you want to present and the reader. In terms of examples, Let the Words Flow says to watch out for: to seeto hearto thinkto touchto wonderto realizeto watchto lookto seemto feel (or feel like)canto decideto sound (or sound like) [Note: A reader asked me to add ‘to know’ to this list, as well.]

What Do Filter Words Look Like? Books Devoured. The Story Siren. FallenArchangel - The Official FanSite of the HUSH HUSH Saga by Becca Fitzpatrick. Angels, Demons, and Vampires! OH MY! Free shipping worldwide on all books from The Book Depository. Edit form - [ Tower of Parlen Min Giveaway ] - Google Docs. I Read Banned Books. Confessions of a Bookaholic: BlogFest 2011. Mundie Moms. Kate Hart. Sunday Memes at TheDailyMeme.com. Book Blogger Hop How often: Friday, Sunday | No Feedback A weekly topic for book bloggers and readers to connect and chat about books each weekend!

Weekend Q&A How often: Friday, Saturday, Sunday | No Feedback This is a weekend meme: The person before you has asked asked you a question. Sunday Stealing How often: Sunday | No Feedback We invite readers to steal our meme each week. The Sunday Seven How often: Sunday | No Feedback Seven totally unrelated questions. Unconscious Mutterings How often: Sunday | No Feedback A quick bit of free association, it lists a word/phrase and you are supposed to list the first thing that pops into your head. Mindful mondays. Today is the day our country celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. and as I sit around eating pancakes with my family (Papa makes delicious pancakes!) , I find myself thinking about the man who told the world of his dreams. I admire him. Its hard not to. What he did in America, for America, was amazing. But what is even more amazing to me is how relevant so much of his message is STILL.

"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. While we can choose on this day to read (or listen to) some of his words and take them at face-value, feeling smug and proud that some of his dreams have come true, it would be failing his memory and our country if we fail to acknowledge that so much of what Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for has failed to come to fruition. Racism, hatred, discrimination are still very much alive and well. Homosexual, Trans-gender, and Bisexual Americans are discriminated against everywhere, every day. 1. **The transcript and video of Martin Luther King, Jr.'