You’ve Got Main Character Energy

Do kids these days still talk about main character energy? It was used for awhile as both a compliment and insult–compliment when noticing that someone was confident and taking charge of their life, insult when someone was acting like the world revolved around them.
It was the only time popular culture was talking about main characters almost as much as we writers do.
Because we talk about them a lot.
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You’ve Got Main Character Energy

Do kids these days still talk about main character energy? It was used for awhile as both a compliment and insult–compliment when noticing that someone was confident and taking charge of thei…

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Hint at protagonist’s internal motivations

Merely presenting a protagonist who will solve the story’s main problem the isn’t enough. Instead, you need to give reasons why the protagonist would even want to do so.Usually authors offer e…

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Expensive lessons

Distracted By Disorganization Drowning in papers, I just need to find ONE THING medium.com/@nshooter11/... #writinglife #personal #clarity #justwrite

Distracted By Disorganization
Distracted By Disorganization

Drowning in papers, I just need to find ONE THING

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#Today 18

Good day!

There was nothing quite like this experience.

I was on the summit, back arched, and taking pictures as fast as I could while this eagle glided in circles overhead.

My feeble camera really wasn’t up to the task, but the experience is one I’ll never forget.

Be everwell.

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The Wandering Shop Stories #prompt for today, Sat-18-Apr, is #murder. Feel like writing something short and sweet that has the word "murder" in it? Check out the definitions of the word at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murder Join in and tag it with #wss366! #writing #WritingLife #microfiction h/t @tobadzistsini
Definition of MURDER

Definition of 'murder' by Merriam-Webster

Writing Inspiration: Visualize your story

Before putting pen to paper, visualize your story. Imagine how it would read if in its most perfect form. For example, as writing my novel, “Windmill,” I visualized each line being read aloud …

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Five Great Quotations about Novel Writing

“There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” – W. Somerset Maugham“The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring t…

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