Everything Tagged With "creative writing"
Think of tags as the index entries of my blog, Scribtotum, and my podcast, Sonitotum. Here’s everything published on this site at this moment with the tag “creative writing.”
Writers: Find the Courage To Be Irreplaceable
January 21, 2017: Between the expectations of genre and bland uniformity, there's a lot of room to be irreplaceable if you have the courage to both listen to, and use, your own vision.
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More Than Words: Why Writers Needn’t Sweat Word Count
July 7, 2013: "Write every day" is probably the most common bit of advice you'll hear experienced writers give folks who've come more recently to the craft. And yet...
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A Body Language Cheat Sheet For Writers
January 19, 2013: Carolyn Kaufman provided a list of body language cues in her book The Writer's Guide to Psychology. Here are a number of other body language references for creative writing.
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Six Essentials For Fiction Writers
May 24, 2012: How well are you addressing the six essentials for fiction writers?
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Five Lessons For Writers From Words With Friends
February 11, 2012: It makes sense a word game would have some hidden lessons for writers. Here are the top five.
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One More Ticket for The Fabulous Riverboat
February 25, 2009: An appreciation of Philip Jose Farmer, master of interconnected storyworlds and pulp adventure, and an influence I don't recognize often enough.
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My Saturday
April 2, 2006: This morning, I had a swollen left lymph node in my throat, a headache, and stiff shoulders. Ick. Went to do my five hours of not-hard-at-all time at the not-a-day-job, got home, futzed with the television which would not play the DVD (a recurring problem that I thought was solved), got that figured out, took…
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They Want To Talk
March 23, 2006: I've been having some trouble lately with my writing. It's starter anxiety, really... it's made it really difficult to achieve butt-in-the-chair work done with my second novel, "Light Of The Outsider."
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A Good Moment
January 4, 2006: I'm in the preliminary stages of writing my second novel. Five or six days a week, I spend an hour or two on it, and today I had a great little epiphany.
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