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9 Questions to Ask Your Main Character. Look at your own POV character—the readers’ eyes and ears in the story—and answer whichever of these questions intrigue you. (When I use the word you in the questions, I’m talking to the character.) Freewrite the answers in the character’s first-person voice: "I learn best by …" 1. How do you learn best? Observation? Participation? Now read over what you just wrote and list five to 10 “hallmarks” of your character’s POV, such as: visual, problem solver, pessimist, dark view of humanity, expects the worst, looks for trouble, wary and curious, always on the lookout, oddly sentimental about some things, speaks slowly and distinctly, etc. Want to strenthen your character’s Point-Of-View? Become a WD VIP and Save 10%: Get a 1-year pass to WritersMarket.com, a 1-year subscription to Writer’s Digest magazine and 10% off all WritersDigestShop.com orders! You might also like: No Related Posts. Before I Die.

What matters most to you Interactive public art project that invites people to share their personal aspirations in public. After losing someone she loved and falling into depression, Chang created this experiment on an abandoned house in her neighborhood to create an anonymous place to help restore perspective and share intimately with her neighbors. The project gained global attention and thanks to passionate people around the world, over 1000 Before I Die walls have now been created in over 70 countries, including Kazakhstan, Iraq, Haiti, China, Ukraine, Portugal, Japan, Denmark, Argentina, and South Africa.

The walls are an honest mess of the longing, pain, joy, insecurity, gratitude, fear, and wonder you find in every community, and they reimagine public spaces that nurture honesty, vulnerability, trust and understanding. The Before I Die book is a celebration of these walls and the stories behind them. 2011, New Orleans, LA. Cordoba, Argentina. Najaf, Iraq. Brooklyn, NY. How to give a professional look to your document in Word 2007? (www.explania.com) Communication skills - zefrank. Graphicpoetry.net presents: dreaming out loud.

Cliche Finder. Have you been searching for just the right cliché to use? Are you searching for a cliché using the word "cat" or "day" but haven't been able to come up with one? Just enter any words in the form below, and this search engine will return any clichés which use that phrase... Over 3,300 clichés indexed! What exactly is a cliche? See my definition Do you know of any clichés not listed here? Add some to the list! This is Morgan, creator of the Cliche Finder.

Or, you might like my crazy passion project: Spanish for Nerds: Learning Spanish via Etymologies! Back to cliches... if you would like to see some other Web sites about clichés? © S. Special thanks to Damien LeriAnd to Mike Senter Morgan's Web page.