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  • That's not an elementary question at all. Getting started isn't hard for me because wh...k in the voice of a child for a few pages. Something about shifting OUT of the mode I'm working in gets me intere...
  • Hello all - I'm Elizabeth. I'm a woman, writer, wife, mother, reader, runner, eater, t...inal, nothing really intended for publication. Just practice on scene setting, mode, dialogue, character dev, etc...
  • I definitely know what you mean when you say the world crea...a sticking point, that's when I'll go into research mode. I've found it useful to use...the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir as a rough model, and have each country claim...

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    Deborah Smith posted a message for Patricia Gligor
    Which article talks about real vs fictional settings? I am wondering about putting characters in a quazi real setting, like LA but not LA, much like how Lillian Jackso...
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    Writing Your Family Legacy: The importance of writing your family history can never be over emphasized. Each of us has a story from our ancestors or even our very own...
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    Behind The Book American Family By Catherine Marshall-Smith “What a long strange trip it’s been,” pretty much sums up my experience writing American Family. What...

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  • I believe that part of the problem lies in the perception of the issue as a "block." I...ur subconscious, which happens more easily when the brain is in a more relaxed mode.
  • The name that I use on here and around the Internet (at least with writing related stu...blog or on my writing, it's like an alter ego of sorts and I shift into writer mode.
  • Zetta Brown commented on Kari's article The Tenth
    WOW!...This is excellent. You weave character, description, emotion with plot and setting. I prefer stories with a strong sense of character and this has it.