Tag: Pen to paper
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Why the ‘Where’ Matters
How important is the setting to a story? For instance, if you wrote a tale about two characters solving a crime, but you left out every detail about the setting. How long do you think it would take you to figure out that the story takes place in Nowhere Land? Well, it would probably depend…
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What Happens Next?!
Mysteries are fun. Whether you prefer a nice cozy mystery where there’s more kissing than crime or a more solid mystery where there’s murder at stake, and the main character is the only one who can solve the problem and save the day, mysteries can be an enjoyable genre to read it. However, while reading…
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Can Your Mood Affect Your Writing?
I sighed. It wasn’t that I didn’t know what to write, but instead that I wasn’t happy with what I was writing. All of my characters were sad and not very motivated, a feeling that mirrored my own life. I knew I needed to drag myself out of the slum I was in and take…
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The Hero They’re Rooting For (Part 2 of Creating Your Protagonist)
Work was hard, my family was crumbling, AND on top of that, there was a serial killer who wanted me dead. Could things get any worse? Probably not. I sighed and flicked on the light switch in my kitchen, before trudging over to the refrigerator. Just as I pulled out a dish of leftover macaroni…