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Destage dramatic action that s...
Destage dramatic action that slows your story

If your story seems to be moving slowly, you may need to destage some of the action.A term borrowed from theater and coined by CSFW’s Steve Popkes, destaging occurs when the author moves what has b…

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Unique definitions: Discreet v...
Unique definitions: Discreet vs. discrete

Sometimes, flipping a letter in a word can lead to quite radical results – like an entirely different definition. Such is the case with discreet vs. discrete.Discreet means to conduct oneself in a …

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Place ‘said’ after speaker’s n...
Place ‘said’ after speaker’s name

Does placing said before or after attribution – as in Thales said or said Thales – matter?The answer in large part depends upon how it sounds in particular sentence. Given that, how a reader respon…

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Five Great Quotations about Po...
Five Great Quotations about Poetry

“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, en…

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Five Great Quotations about Bo...
Five Great Quotations about Books

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King“A good book is an event in my life.” – Stendahl“I love the smell of book ink in the morning.” – Umberto Eco“A book is a …

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Rob Bignell, Editor/AuthorMar 19
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5 Great Quotations about ‘Why ...
5 Great Quotations about ‘Why write?’

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” – Joan Didion“Writers write while dreamers procrastinate.” – Besa Kosova“If you can’t annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.” &#…

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5 Great Quotations about Books
5 Great Quotations about Books

“Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson“A book is simply the container of an idea – like a bottle; what is…

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