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Amanda McDonald: 13_01
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Writing to the beat of my caffeine jitters. The Universal Story: the Single Basic Story Plot Theory. There are multiple ways that stories can be told. But here’s the contentious issue for some: are story plots all new and exciting or are there only so many types of stories? There are as many arguments as stories, I think. Some popular arguments are that there is only 1 story, 3 stories, 7, 20 or 36 stories-depending who you ask. I want to cover each of these here, starting with the argument. I write abou...
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Amanda McDonald: 13_07
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Writing to the beat of my caffeine jitters. 5 Ways to Choose a Name. Recently, on a group I follow on Facebook, someone asked "How do you name your characters or come up with unique names for different species and races? Here are five ways to select a name for a character, race or group. Select a characteristic that you think is prevalent in your character. Find a society or culture that you really like. And research a popular first name. Find a society or culture that you think closely resembles. Way to...
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Amanda McDonald: 14_01
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Writing to the beat of my caffeine jitters. Please note that I have opened a new blog under my maiden name. It's tricky this relationship thing. Sometimes things don't work out. Don't feel bad, in my case it's a blessing really. In any case, my blog-which will be far more active at the new address, can be found HERE. The new blog is called "Publication Journey.". While I enjoy being defined as a writer, my ultimate goal is publication. Love you all, I hope you keep up on the new blog. Bye from both of us!
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Amanda McDonald: 14_12
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Writing to the beat of my caffeine jitters. Seen the new project yet? Have you been to the new blog yet? Since I left my ex, I started a new blog with my maiden name. It's been both a blessing and a curse. While I felt like I had a writer's identity under my married name, I struggled with my maiden name. I've never known more about who I am, and yet, as a writer-how has this changed? Come over to the new blog. I'm doing a lot more writing and projects now. Http:/ writerramsay.blogspot.ca/. LP OBryan - cr...
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Amanda McDonald: 12_11
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Writing to the beat of my caffeine jitters. The Writer’s Surroundings. I told you a little bit about how environment is important here,. But I’ve never shown you my own writing environment. I often get requests about desks and where I go to write. With NaNoWriMo in full swing, I spend a lot of time at my desk and will show you that environment now. I’ve decided that pictures are probably the best way to show you how I write:. Often as a teen I imagined my alternate worlds from the top branches of a craba...
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Amanda McDonald: 12_11
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Writing to the beat of my caffeine jitters. Writer's Review: Daily Writing Tips. As promised I have begun reviewing Websites, blogs and other online resources for writers which each promise to help writers in their own way. For my rant on the subject, see here. Today I review the website/blog, "Daily Writing Tips.". Screen Shot of DailyWritingTips.com, accessed 26 November 2012. This one I have in my RSS feed, so I am very familliar with the content and the day-to-day blogging of this resource. If you wa...
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Amanda McDonald: 12_09
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Writing to the beat of my caffeine jitters. Environment - Creative Feng Shui? Lately I have been plagued with the inability to write. I've written more blogs in the last month than short or long stories. That should say something as I haven't written many blogs lately either. Problem is, I was in a funk. An environmental funk. If you want to know more, go Here. In the end, the negatives added up, but I couldn't tell. I knew there was nothing inherently wrong with my apartment, but the apartment was n...
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Amanda McDonald: 12_12
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Writing to the beat of my caffeine jitters. Writer's Review: The Urban Muse. Today is the review of a website that I follow on my blogger blog roll. It's called the Urban Muse. The Urban Muse is written by Susan Johnston and is professional in style and content, helpful and concise. Those days that I just can't scroll through a long article, I take myself over to Ms. Johnston's page and it's a quick and easy read: but often, eye-opening. Not always eye-opening such as "Oh My GOD, That's revolutionary!
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Amanda McDonald: 13_02
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Writing to the beat of my caffeine jitters. 6 Things my Toddler Taught Me About Writing. Last night I was up until two am with a sick child that couldn't keep her food down. While the experience as a whole was not comfortable, I learned a lot. Here were my observations:. Although my child was sick and couldn't keep food down, she knew what she needed. She would ask for water because she was thirsty, of course it came back up but she knew her body was dehydrated. Don't put off needs as if they are desires...
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Amanda McDonald: Moving on...
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Writing to the beat of my caffeine jitters. Please note that I have opened a new blog under my maiden name. It's tricky this relationship thing. Sometimes things don't work out. Don't feel bad, in my case it's a blessing really. In any case, my blog-which will be far more active at the new address, can be found HERE. The new blog is called "Publication Journey.". While I enjoy being defined as a writer, my ultimate goal is publication. Love you all, I hope you keep up on the new blog. Bye from both of us!