December 12th, 2008 at 7:56pm |
I’ve learned senior health care and terminology because of my in-law’s medical problems. But, I’ve also seen some things that help me to create good characters in my writing.
The term “control freak” was created for my father-in-law. He needs to be in charge of every situation. Since my mother-in-law’s stroke, he can’t control anything.
He’s 93 and his [...]
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October 30th, 2008 at 7:42pm |
NaNoWriMo Tip — be different on 12seconds.tv
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is the time to try different things. This year try changing your writing style.
If you usually write detailed outlines, try plotting as you go. You may find the freedom that you have been lacking.
If you usually write by the seat of your pants, try [...]
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September 9th, 2008 at 4:04pm |
Voltaire said, “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” Actually Voltaire said, “Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien.” As writers, we need to take these words to heart.
I know when I’m worrying over which font I used, and I’m spending time making sure that all the pages have exactly 25 lines, I [...]
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