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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
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The Many Hats of a Writer A fiction writer tends to wear many hats: artist, editor, investigator, journalist, promoter, etc. Today I am going to ask you to try on another hat. Luckily, it’s not as boring as investigation or research. It actually embraces the creative side, an area at which we are more comfortable with. | | No comments for this item |
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
  The Five Senses I have a problem writing scenes and I tend to leave out important information thinking the reader can ‘see’ what I vision in my head. Kelly, my editor, advised me to think of the five senses: hearing, smell, taste, touch and vision. | | No comments for this item |
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
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Outlining - The Writer’s Playground The more we write, the more serious are about our writing and the more it seems like work. However, outlining is the writer’s playground: an area untouchable by any editor or inner muse killer. It’s the cool spring on a summer’s day, it’s the chocolate bar during your diet and most importantly; it is yours and yours alone. | | No comments for this item |
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
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Turning Small Ideas into Big Ideas Welcome to day two of the Outlining Workshop. As explained yesterday, the advanced way to outline a novel is not as fun as the bubble method. However, we are going to use yesterday’s homework to create an extended outline. | | No comments for this item |
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
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Welcome to the Outlining Workshop. For those who don’t know me, my name is Tia Wood. I am an aspiring fantasy/sci-fi/horror novelist and one of my strengths is outlining. | | No comments for this item |
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