Tag: character
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Speed Racer
Speed Racer banner 1970s We moved to the new house in 1970, so I must have fell head-over-heels for Speed in 1973-74 when I was seven and in the third grade. That year our local TV station WJBK Channel 50 UHF Detroit began running the cartoon at 3 pm about the time school got out…
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Every Sentence–Kurt Vonnegut
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Create-A-Character
Severing the story while seeming to be real life is a trick all writers must perform. This article is a aid to creating a living, breathing character who lived a life.
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Throw Your Character in Jail
Have you ever been writing along and come to the end of a scene or end of a day’s list and have no idea what happens next in the story? Ever feel like you don’t know your character well enough? And you can’t stand those question sheets? Throw your character in jail.
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Bliss and Four-Senses Writing Prompt
Bliss–is not a word you hear very often. In writing, it is good to change-up your nouns and this is a good one to keep in mind. But when writing fiction, this word is not as useful as you may think because it can mean something different to each person. Keep this is mind when…
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Pushing the Envelope: A Different Kind of Writing Prompt
New writers tend to define themselves as fiction writer, children’s writer, mystery writer, steampunk-dysporia-paranormal young adult writer. Among dramatic writers the boxes are fewer; comedy or drama. But I like to say, how do you know you can not write that genre unless you try? I have created some “possibilities” to help writers stretch and…
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Speed Racer and My Superpower
We moved to the new house in 1970, so I must have fell head-over-heels for Speed in 1973-74 when I was seven and in the third grade. That year our local TV station WJBK Channel 50 UHF Detroit began running the cartoon at 3 pm about the time school got out for the summer. I…
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