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Writing While Not Sitting Down
"I think one of the problems beginning story writers have is that the story isn't in their head often enough. It's there (sort of) when they're writing, but not at other times. They haven't devel
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveWrite. Write. And write again.
"Here are seven questions you should ask about your copy before you begin another round..." Self-editing regimen.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveWriting Advice: When ToTell, Not Show
"I read a lot of ms work that's weighed down with too much ballast posing as worldbuilding telling of little commonplaces and everyday dialog involving greetings, leaden chit-chat etc. Much of th
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveGetting Started: Writing Exercises
"So, if you take that advice seriously and sit down to write before some blinding idea falls on your head from on high, what are you to write about? How should you get started?" Jim van Pelt
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveThe Text and its Story
"It might be enlightening to think of the story as the raw material, the clay that we can shape or form into a specific form as a text." Lois Tilton gets philosophical about the writing proc
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveDeflating Scientific Prose
"What’s wrong with scientific papers? Ask physicist and science fiction author Gregory Benford, who tackles the question in a wonderful pastiche for COSMOS."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveTen Mistakes Writers Don't See (But Can Easily Fix When ...
"The list also could be called, "10 COMMON PROBLEMS THAT DISMISS YOU AS AN AMATEUR," because these mistakes are obvious to literary agents and editors, who may start wording their decli
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 7 Users, more info saveCliche Finder
A handy writer's tool - paste in your text, and it scans through for glaring cliches that you should be avoiding like the plague
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 3 Users, more info saveWriting Tips for Non-Writers Who Don't Want to Work at ...
"So, the task here: Tell y'all how to write better without you actually having to make an effort. Fine. Here's how I would do it." Scalzi lays down the law.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveGRAY'S PAPAYA
Another tiny slice of William Gibson prose. Excellent.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveThe World According to Nouns
The point of this blog is to allow me to basically self publish my creative works and also to give me an opportunity to write, paint, draw and otherwise do creative things.
>30 days ago by dzappone, 1 User, more info saveQuarter Century of Amazing Poetry
25 years of poetry captured in a single volume. This is a great chance to read about the human experience
>30 days ago by flashgordon1, 1 User, more info saveDas Literatur-Café
Der literarische Treffpunkt im Internet
>30 days ago by EdvanSpacken, 2 Users, more info savedeviantART: where ART meets application!
Art - community of artists and those devoted to art. Digital art, skin art, themes, wallpaper art, traditional art, photography, poetry / prose. Art prints.
>30 days ago by westerdayne, 68 Users, more info save