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sarah lovett blog: December 2014
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A blog for writers, readers, and anyone who loves a great story. Tuesday, December 09, 2014. WRITER TO WRITER: 12 Possibly Relevant Tips at Year’s End. Do not take your moods too seriously (exclusions to this rule include clinical depression, bipolar disorder, and the like; if any of these apply, seek expert help and do not skip your meds! Do know what fills you with anger and despair, catch the passion and use it in your stories. If you want to go faster, slow down. Remember, not everyone faces the same...
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Heads or Tails | Sybil's Story Storm
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Sybil's Story Storm. What I’m…. The Price of Murder. Trick or Treat : A short-short. Heads, we get married; tails, we break up. Jared held a grimy quarter out where Lena could see it in the glow from the fire. She noted the coin lay tails up on his palm. Romantic. Hey, I’m just trying to do the right thing, he said. Abandoned, like me. Jared tossed the quarter down into her lap. Why don’t you cut me some slack? That was more like it. The sullen, soon to be baritone was back with all the arrogance she...
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bLog | Sybil's Story Storm
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Sybil's Story Storm. What I’m…. The Price of Murder. Trick or Treat : A short-short. May 07, 2016. There are things that make you happy, and then there are things that keep you smiling – for days! I had one of those things happen this week, and yes, I’m still smiling. I mean, as a writer-hoping-to-be-an-author, how can I keep mug when I’ve made friends with a best-selling author? JD Horn writes the […]. May 12, 2015. Variations on a Theme. Variations on a Theme. Subscribe to Blog via Email.
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Small Wonder | Sybil's Story Storm
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Sybil's Story Storm. What I’m…. The Price of Murder. Trick or Treat : A short-short. My nose left a dent in the drywall, a triangular indentation outlined with blood. It stood out only slightly from the other specks and flecks, droplets and splats that already decorated the pale yellow surface. After all these years, the wall resembled a work of modern art blood the medium of choice. That sort of thing happens to a wall when someone routinely slams your face into it. A new smear for the wall. He stood ov...
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sarah lovett blog: January 2015
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A blog for writers, readers, and anyone who loves a great story. Sunday, January 11, 2015. How To Focus and Hone Your Ideas Without Taming Them: 10 Easy-Peasy Strategies to Get to the Heart of the Book(Story, Essay, Blog) You Want to Write. If you’re one of those people who ask how, when, where writers get their ideas, it might be hard for you to imagine the need to get a handle on Idea Overwhelm. But when it comes to generating ideas, many Creatives struggle with too much, too many, too fast! This might...
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T.L. Byford: January 2012
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Monday, January 30, 2012. Ok I'm going to attempt to explain my "system" (term used loosely) for "organizing" (again, loosely) my writing projects. Since I am always being bombarded with ideas, I wanted to develop a way to easily gather and file "stuff" until I need it. I can't do it. I am like a dog chasing squirrels, and these are my squirrel cages. Now, I'm not saying that I work on every single project that I have at one time. If I could do that, then I would be Awesomely Amazing! Next, I use a stand...
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T.L. Byford: May 2009
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Saturday, May 30, 2009. The dreaded "B" word: Backstory. After reading some very informative discussions the other day at Romance University. I realized I had a very important scene in my story that was going to be backstory. So, following some of the advice I read to eliminate backstory. I decided to make this scene the actual opening scene (where it's supposed to be, duh me. I thought). I love it when a burst of raw writing shows up ad spits out about 400 words worth of story line. Links to this post.
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sarah lovett blog: More Thoughts on a Writing Life: The Long View
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A blog for writers, readers, and anyone who loves a great story. Saturday, April 04, 2015. More Thoughts on a Writing Life: The Long View. I've quoted below from writer Benjamin Moser's thoughtful "Bookends" essay for The New York Times. January 27, 2015. National Novel Writing Month. Help finding an agent. Yearning and narrative drive. Book in a Month. Of All the Stupid Things. Georgia OKeefes Ghost Ranch NM. The Care and Feeding of a Writer Committed to Stay. Santa Fe Web Design.
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sarah lovett blog: January 2014
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A blog for writers, readers, and anyone who loves a great story. Tuesday, January 14, 2014. My January 2014 post for Algonquin Redux on "How Dilemma is Vital for Storytellers". I was recently invited to join the Algonquin Redux. Writers roundtable. This is a terrific site for writers and readers. I will be posting a new essay on the 9th of each month. I'm sharing the link and also encouraging you to browse the archives to find a variety of brief essays by amazing authors. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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T.L. Byford: Squirrel Herder
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Monday, January 30, 2012. Ok I'm going to attempt to explain my "system" (term used loosely) for "organizing" (again, loosely) my writing projects. Since I am always being bombarded with ideas, I wanted to develop a way to easily gather and file "stuff" until I need it. I can't do it. I am like a dog chasing squirrels, and these are my squirrel cages. Now, I'm not saying that I work on every single project that I have at one time. If I could do that, then I would be Awesomely Amazing! Next, I use a stand...
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