How the Writer’s 5 Senses Can Inspire Creativity
February 6, 2010 – 12:16 pm | No Comment

These, of course, are the five basic senses — and just as they will help store and recall memory, they can also be used to inspire your own creativity.

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Horror

the frightening dark corner of fiction where the morbid, the gruesome, and the surreal lurk.

science fiction

where the collision of technology and the imagination sparks to life worlds and that make the improbable possible.

fantasy

where myth, magic, and the supernatural make up the fabric of the fantastical worlds of our imagination … and even the secret corners of our own.

adventure

where bold heros risk life and limb on a journey to accomplish the impossible.

mystery

where detectives (both professional and amateur) investigate a puzzling problem in attempt to find an answer, a victim, or a criminal.

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Are You Living to Write or Writing to Live?
January 28, 2010 – 12:16 am | No scribbles posted -- be the first!

I was hanging out over at FUEL your writing, which is an exceptional blog, when I was suddenly hit with a question I thought every writer should ask themselves.

Susan stressed the importance of physically exercising in order to stimulate the body and mind — I agreed (check out our short conversation). If you’re not physically moving around and getting the blood flowing, you’re mind isn’t going to be as sharp as can be.

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Try Writing a Little Each Day
January 27, 2010 – 10:34 am | No scribbles posted -- be the first!
Try Writing a Little Each Day

If you’re anything like me, then you probably feel like you should be writing pagesupon pages every time you sit down to write — writing a lot makes you feel more like an actual writer, …

Start Writing 1000 Words a Day
January 26, 2010 – 12:29 am | No scribbles posted -- be the first!
Start Writing 1000 Words a Day

Writing the next great novel is an extraordinary goal to work toward – books and their authors have brought the world insight, knowledge, illumination, imagination, and much more for thousands of years. The only thing …

Writing in First Person vs. Writing in Third Person
January 23, 2010 – 10:11 am | No scribbles posted -- be the first!
Writing in First Person vs. Writing in Third Person

After becoming interested in writing short fiction thanks to Stephen King’s exceptional book, On Writing, I found myself at a bit of a crossroad. I faced the question all new writers eventually face when they …