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Writing About Writing: Industry Connections

By On August 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Writing is something that’s been in my blood as far back as I can remember.  My mother still has a copy of the little magazine my 2nd grade class put together back in 1974 that each of the students contributed a poem to; mine was called “Joy is Green”, and so far as anyone knows, [...]

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Writing About Writing: Worldbuilding

By On August 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Worldbuilding. The bane of some authors’ existence. Not for me, though. I thrive on it. Not every story I write needs it. A story I wrote just this past March had very little of it simply because it wasn’t a fantasy/sci-fi based story. It was a book based more on how the characters interacted and [...]

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Writing About Writing: Plot

By On August 9, 2010 · 7 Comments

I’ve griped with several of my friends about this particular problem. I have no trouble coming up with characters or concepts or even building entire new worlds, but coming up with a full plot is the bane of my existence.

Generally, I’ll have a point A and a point B, and characters 1, 2, and [...]

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Writing About Writing: Point of View

By On August 2, 2010 · 6 Comments

Editor’s Note: Welcome to one of our new weekly columns! Most of the writers here at TDF like to write fiction, and a few of us have even been published. Since the fangirl/geek girl community is so full of talented writers, we thought we’d start a dialogue with our readers about writing. –TDF Pamela

I’ve [...]

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