Tag: Character
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How to Write Our Best Short Fiction: Using the MICE Quotient
With the Adventure Writing Contest coming up, I want to make sure I provide you with easy, accessible tools and information to write the best short story you can! So, I’ve been digging around the internet for helpful advice, and I came across this great podcast that I’ve been missing out on. Seriously. Missing out!…
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Ideas to Help Write Better Characters
In honor of the upcoming Adventure Writing Contest that starts the end of February (click here for more info) I want to help writers by offering info and websites that will hopefully help us all be better writers. That’s the goal. Today we’re going to look at Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (click here for more detailed…
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Do Princesses Get Special Treatment?
I know it’s a strange question, but I have to ask, because in my mind they do. When they screw up royally (pun intended) it seems to me that the vast majority of people will do their best to cover up the indecency due to the celebrity and pedestal to which said princess has been…
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#BlogBattle Week 37 “Arrival” Entries & Voting
#BlogBattle 37 Story Theme: Arrival (basic rules at the bottom of the post) Look for stories using #BlogBattle on Twitter, too! Wednesday, the poll gets added. Be sure to read them all. All the links will open in a new window so that you can easily navigate back to this list. RULES for VOTING: Anyone can…
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Out of the Blue (or Suddenly)
#BlogBattle “Shenanigans” by Kassi A young couple sat on a beach watching the shenanigans of a few teenage boys. The young woman, tall, emerald-eyed, and strawberry blonde, ambled toward the warm ocean water for a quick wade. Abruptly, the ocean’s water disappeared and she raced back up to her sun-bathing husband. He looked up with…
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Miss Luna Pratt’s Shenanigans
#BlogBattle Week 35 “Shenanigans” “Officer! Oh, ahhhh-fficer! Yoohoo!” Sgt. Brant cringed while his back was still turned. That voice was accompanied by the small town’s favorite gossip, Miss Luna Pratt. Favorite might have been an overstatement. She was more like the best source of up-to-date news on all your neighbors’ private dealings. He, like most…