Category: Writing Tips

  • Learning To Love Your Problem Characters

    by A.C. Williams @ACW_Author Writers are weird. We see the world through a different lens than most people. Every interaction, every surprise, every event in our lives becomes fodder for a story. We keep track of distant memories in exacting detail. We notice the things everyone else dismisses. Whether we…

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  • In Writing, The Little Things Matter

    by Julie Zine Coleman @JulieZColeman D.L. Moody once said, "There are many of us willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things." We tend to evaluate responsibilities in terms of importance and prioritize accordingly. But does God view the small…

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  • Writer, Activate Your Listening Skills

    By Cherrilynn Bisbano @bisbanowrites I keep getting interrupted when I talk, and it hurts. The words echoed in my head as I blurted out my opinion while the other person spoke. “You didn’t let me finish .” She yelled. “Well, you keep cutting me off too,” I said. We both…

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  • Loaded Question/Loaded Baked Potato

    by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea My thighs (as I’m trying on size 4 jeans): What year do you think this is? Me (groaning and straining to get into those jeans): All I had for lunch was a baked potato. Thighs: With six pats of butter and about a quarter pound of bacon…

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  • How the Sounds of Words Affect Emotion

    By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Our ancestors struggled to develop language and communication skills. I imagine the beginnings of those grunts were emotionally motivated. Ugh! A dinosaur is coming. Ah. The scent of a spring morning. Mmm. The food smells good. Ohhhh. I hurt Over time, words grew out of necessity…

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  • Foreshadowing in Writing

    By Aaron Gansky @ADGansky Recently, I talked a bit about a movie I saw that did a good job of setting things up and bringing them to fruition. While not the main point of my post, it reminded me of a principle Bret Anthony Johnston taught me some time back. Before he…

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