33 of Life’s Most Powerful Lessons Have you ever had an epiphany? One of those “a-ha” moments where something just clicks for you? Maybe it’s something you’ve been struggling with for a long time, or maybe it was a piece of advice you learned from a friend. Whatever the source of our insight, it’s these moments that bring us to a deeper understanding of our world. Below are 33 of the most powerful lessons in my life. Read part two of this series: 33 of Life’s Most Powerful Lessons (pt. 2) photo by carf Share: Get everything you need to finally leave your job for good. The first few weeks of the Job Escape Kit has already produced some outcomes I’d never thought I’d see in my whole career.” ~ Nick Burk
Scrivener Hybrid Outlining By J. A. Marlow Copyright © 2009 by J. A. Outlining styles differ among authors, varying from none, to extremely minimalistic, to highly detailed. As I’ve been asked repeatedly how I outline and with what program, In this article I hope to share a few of the tidbits I’ve learned along the way using the writing program called Scrivener ( Note: Potential alternatives to Scrivener, which is Mac only, are SuperNotecard ( for planning and outlining and Liquid Story Binder ( for writing and organizing. Outlines Outlines are very individual to the writer and the book. For the outlining itself, we’ll be using Scrivener’s virtual corkboard and index cards. The Scene Outline Make sure you have access to the Binder (click the far left icon in the toolbar if you don’t see it). I use each individual index card for one scene, although this could also work by making each card a chapter.
Runaway Tales A creative writing activity: A dark and stormy night Submitted 48 years 7 months ago by admin. This is an idea I learned when I first started teaching and still use to this day. The main focus of the activity is on developing writing skills, but it's also good for developing listening and reading skills and also for practising past tenses and descriptive vocabulary. The activity should work at most levels above elementary, as long as your students have some knowledge of past tenses, but it works best when they also know past continuous / progressive too. The listening part comes first: Ask the students to draw the face of a person in the top right-hand corner of the page. In this way they build up a character profile for the person they are going to write about. The writing part: Now dictate the following sentence to your students: 'It was a dark and stormy night and'. Follow up: Once all the stories are complete there are a number of follow-up options you can try. Nik Peachey, Teacher, Trainer, Materials writer, British Council
Story Starters & Idea Generators One of the best ways to break through writer's block or stretch your writing skills is to pick a story starter and just start writing. Suggestions on how to use each generator are included with the generator. Caveat: There's always a temptation to keep looking for the "perfect" idea, but then you need to ask yourself...are you really just trying to avoid writing? Problem: You can't get a story started Solution: Archetype's Plot Scenario Generator What it is: This generator provides you with the event that gets the story rolling and a secondary conflict to keep you going! Problem: Your characters lack depth Solution: Archetype's Character Generator What it is: A quick character sketch filled with the kinds of little details that makes stories engaging: character gender, cardinal traits, weaknesses, and most prized possession. Problem: Your characters don't feel like "real" people Solution: Archetype's Everyday Problems Generator Looking for something you don't see? Getting Yourself Started
5 Philippine mysteries for Sherlock to solve What would the great detective say about white ladies, taxi crime, and Anne Curtis? FAVORITE SLEUTH. What mysteries would you like Sherlock to solve? MANILA, Philippines – Sherlock fans around the world are currently in the midst of a delight-induced stupor, following the premiere episode of the hotly anticipated 3rd season. BBC One's modern take on the beloved classic is inspiring a renewed interest in the detective, as well as in the actor who plays him, the wildly popular Benedict Cumberbatch. In the spirit of the new season, here are 5 mysteries based right here in the Philippines that we think Sherlock would chew up and spit out like the proverbial hound from Baskerville: Warning: Spoilers for those who haven't seen the first and second seasons Sherlock. 1. Will glancing at the rearview mirror of your car reveal the terrifying sight of a ghostly lady in white? 2. Who's telling the truth? Conflicting statements wouldn't do much to deter Sherlock. 3. 4. 5. – Rappler.com
creative writing prompts . com ideas for writers Discourse Engine - Fiction Generators generators frozen grid magic grid one string grids two string grids three string grids four string grids five string grids six string grids seven string grids eight string grids nine string grids AispWeb Note: These fiction generators are based on strings and sub-strings. Clicking on any of the links to your left will bring you to a FORM page with a brief explanation of the form structure and then lots of buttons and text boxes. The radio buttons at the top of every row of strings allow you to change the default text sequence in each sub-string box. You can save your work and come back to it later if you save the form page to your favorites folder. persist. If you close the form page or go somewhere else before saving it to your favorites folder, you'll lose everything in the text boxes . When you open your story from the favorites menu, it'll come up with all the text there; but if you click any of the radio buttons in any filled row, you'll lose the text in those boxes .
Learn to Become a Phenomenal Storyteller with Pixar's 22 Writing Rules Short Story Ideas - Home 10 Elements of the Intellectual Thriller Books Being a species of the genus known as Bestselling Novel, the Intellectual Thriller is not necessarily intellectual, nor is it much of a thriller, but I have chosen to use this particular denomination since calling it by its real name – which is Kind of Predictable Story about a Mystery that Involves Members of the Academia and Has an Actually Kind of Meh Ending – would obviously require typing too many letters over and over again. The Intellectual Thriller can take on several forms. First and foremost, there is The Intellectual Thriller with a Name-Dropping Title. Here, the mystery surrounds a Prestigious Historical Person. Other Intellectual Thrillers, like Diane Setterfield’s The Thirteen Tale or Scarlett Thomas’ The End of Mr. All this is not to say that I’m joining the (bestselling) book burners. Element: The Really Disturbing Occurrence Any self-respecting Intellectual Thriller must begin with a Really Disturbing Occurrence. Element: The Chosen One Element: The Mentor
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