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Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions
You've written a great story, sent it out again and again, but it keeps being rejected. Why?
Fundamentals of Fiction: Avoid Those Beginners' Blunders
Over the last two weeks, we’ve looked at two plotting methods. One helped us parse our story into parts , the other helped us grow it from an idea .
A quick overview of the Hero’s Journey » Jordan McCollum
750 words was originally designed to help writer creativity, by encouraging writers to write 750 words on any topic first thing in the morning. The theory is that once you start writing and getting the ideas on paper you have both begun your writing and have formed more coherent thought processes about what you will write. Why Write 750 Words?
How To Inspire Yourself To Write At Least 750 Words Per Day
Fundamentals of Fiction: Being Realistic
by Marg Gilks "I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many I have concluded that most do not want to be writers working eight and ten hours a day and accomplishing little; they want to have been writers, garnering the rewards of having completed a best-seller.
Save The Words
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Current Exercise Write a passage in the voice of a peripheral narrator telling the story of some public figure.
As of 2007, The world-builder exercises are licensed under a Creative Commons license to help you in deciding whether you can translate (yes, with credit back), distribute to your writing group (yes, with credit), sell (not without permission), reprint (yes, for non-commercial purposes), or mirror (yes, with credit back) this useful guide!
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Archetypal characters in the Hero’s Journey » Jordan McCollum
As I mentioned yesterday, the Hero’s Journey started with Joseph Campbell looking at heroes across mythology. He found that not only do heroes have a lot in common, but so do other roles in their stories. Again, Christopher Vogler adapted this for writers in The Writer’s Journey , so we’ll be using his terminology.
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Harness the Mental, Creative, and Emotional Benefits of Regular Writing
Today is the first day of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), where thousands of people challenge themselves to write a 50,000 word, 175-page novel before the end of November. It's a huge task for even seasoned writers, but writing that much does more than just hone your writing skills.Have you been searching for just the right cliché to use?
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