19 – Using Familiar Plots in Storytelling
“Haven’t I Heard This Somewhere Before?” – Using Familiar Plots In Storytelling. Let me spin you a...
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18 – How to Be a Punctuation Semi-pro, Part II
How To Be A Punctuation Semi-Pro – Part 2 In Part 1 of this two-part series, we started to examine...
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17 – How to Be a Punctuation Semi-Pro, Part I
How To Be A Punctuation Semi-Pro – Part 1 As I recently combed through the burgeoning bookshelves...
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16 – Of Stories, Subplots, and Second Thoughts – HBAT
16: Of Stories, Subplots, and Second Thoughts This past November, during NaNoWriMo, I made great...
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In Praise of Poetic Prose, Rather than Prosaic Poetry
In Praise of Poetic Prose, Rather Than Prosaic Poetry. (Today, I am starting a second blog with...
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How I Tricked Myself into Writing Really Badly
I Locked My Editor in the Closet, But He’ll Be Okay — How I Tricked Myself into...
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High Stakes Motivational Writing
High Stakes Motivational Writing Are You Looking to Inspire Improvement or Just Seeking a Soapbox?...
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Literary Motivation to Act on Truth
Literary Motivation to Act on Truth How can we inspire ourselves and others to live the truths we...
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4 Ways I’ve Found Truth in Fiction…and 1 Way I Haven’t
In my last post, I told you that “Our books and stories contribute to the formation of our...
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The Reasons I Read, The Reasons I Write
Catching a Vision From 2006 to 2008, I was a customer service representative, and then a trainer...
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Do Your Stories Teach and Entertain or Preach and Explain?
I) Eliza’s Heard Enough One of my favorite theatrical scenes comes from the 1964 musical, My Fair...
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How to Strengthen Truth in Your Writing: Part Two
In marriage, we often hear spouses affectionately refer to each other as “my better half.” I love...
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