Tag: theplaygroundofwriting
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Listen
“Listen” is a five-thousand-word short story created using the tools I’ve described in my previous posts. My inspiration for this short story is a radio programme I heard last winter, and it recently transformed itself into this little love story. Five thousands words are about half an hour’s read. Perfect before bedtime. I hope you…
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Feeling inspired?
When I started writing short stories, I fell in love with it right away because it allows you to explore genres and styles, and you can finish a story fairly quickly (especially if you compare it to my almost five-year anniversary with my novel). But when I’d written a handful of them, I experienced something…
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Telling Stories
We don’t really do it anymore, do we? Tell stories I mean. We read stories out loud, lots of stories, especially to our kids. Today you can even buy books online with your child as the main character. You choose between different themes and send a description of your child’s looks and age, and a…
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Writing a thousand-word story
Previously, for the hundred-word story, we looked at action, reaction and change as key elements, and we looked at showing scenes as opposed to telling what’s happening. We also touched on the subject of crafting, and how to focus on specific details rather than generics. All of this we’ll need to write our thousand-word story.…
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The playground of writing
“I’ve always wanted to write a novel.” Ever heard anyone say that? Ever thought it yourself? Lots of people like to write and wish they wrote more. Lack of time, knowhow, and faith in ability are among the top reason holding people back. It’s all valid reasons. I’ll be the first to admit that I’d…
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