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Pithy Postmodern Writing: Writing Fiction - The Rule of Three
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The writing blog of Jamie Lee Evans - advice, suggestions, resources and links for fiction writers. Updated every weekday. Tuesday, 29 March 2011. Writing Fiction - The Rule of Three. In Britain, the middle hand is very rude. Except when Churchill does it. Then it isn’t. For some reason. Image © arztsamui. It’s been suggested that, because humans are wired to look for patterns, and because three is the minimum number of anything required to. Anything particularly significant should probably have a whiff ...
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Pithy Postmodern Writing: 5 Writing Links of Awesome #1
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The writing blog of Jamie Lee Evans - advice, suggestions, resources and links for fiction writers. Updated every weekday. Friday, 1 April 2011. 5 Writing Links of Awesome #1. Five links. Five die. Coincidence…? Image © healingdream. Welcome to the first entry of my regular Friday series, in which I offer up all the very best writerly linky-links I’ve accumulated from Twitter during the previous week. It really is an amazing source of information and advice. Behold:. The Ten Traits of a True Writer.
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Pithy Postmodern Writing: How to Write a Unique Setting for your Fiction
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The writing blog of Jamie Lee Evans - advice, suggestions, resources and links for fiction writers. Updated every weekday. Friday, 25 March 2011. How to Write a Unique Setting for your Fiction. There could be some orcs in those trees. Or a hen. Or something. Image © Evgeni Dinev. The reference sheet is designed as a resource for writers of all speculative fiction, but will be particularly useful to writers of fantasy or sci-fi. It should help you to maintain consistency when writing about a setting, ...
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Pithy Postmodern Writing: 5 Fun Tips to be a More Writerly Writer
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The writing blog of Jamie Lee Evans - advice, suggestions, resources and links for fiction writers. Updated every weekday. Wednesday, 6 April 2011. 5 Fun Tips to be a More Writerly Writer. Real writers use a quill and wear glasses. Then they take pictures of them. So, you think you’re a writer do you? I suppose you sit quietly at your desk, diligently knocking out 2,000 words a day, scouring the internet for tips to improve your prose? Writers. Allow me to enlighten you…. 1) Carry a notebook. There is ab...
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Pithy Postmodern Writing: 3 Ways to Increase Your Writing Productivity
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The writing blog of Jamie Lee Evans - advice, suggestions, resources and links for fiction writers. Updated every weekday. Monday, 4 April 2011. 3 Ways to Increase Your Writing Productivity. Coffee can increase productivity over short periods. It can also increase trips to the toilet. Image © Idea go. So you want to increase your writing productivity, eh? Don’t we all! 1) Get up at the crack of midnight. This is a harsh but rewarding regime. 2) Turn off Twitter! And if you’re anything like me, then...
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Pithy Postmodern Writing: Flash Fiction – 3 Sentence Template
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The writing blog of Jamie Lee Evans - advice, suggestions, resources and links for fiction writers. Updated every weekday. Sunday, 23 January 2011. Flash Fiction – 3 Sentence Template. Image © Ian Kahn. The great talent of Edgar Allan Poe. This is how it works:. Sentence 1 – Introduction. The very first sentence of the story should create an evocative setup that clearly indicates or implies the nature of the protagonist and setting, ideally in an unusual manner. Sentence 2 – Disaster. There was something...
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Pithy Postmodern Writing: 3 Ways to Survive the Twitter Tidal Wave
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The writing blog of Jamie Lee Evans - advice, suggestions, resources and links for fiction writers. Updated every weekday. Tuesday, 5 April 2011. 3 Ways to Survive the Twitter Tidal Wave. Twitter repeats itself – like a parrot. This is a parrot. See what I did there? Image © Elwood W. McKay III. As I’ve mentioned numerous times, Twitter is an amazing resource for writers. In fact, it’s an amazing resource for. 1) Don’t click on. The question is, how much of that information is useful to you. While it may...
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Pithy Postmodern Writing: How to Write a Layered Narrative–Some Suggestions
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The writing blog of Jamie Lee Evans - advice, suggestions, resources and links for fiction writers. Updated every weekday. Saturday, 26 March 2011. How to Write a Layered Narrative–Some Suggestions. If you haven’t got the patience to write a layered narrative, simply create one by piling other people’s novels on top of each other. Image © Paul. In redrafting my WIP novel,. Gwillum Hobnail’s Affairs of the Undershade. This is the main story, the one that’s driving the entire novel forwards. It t...Every n...
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Pithy Postmodern Writing: Writing – The Best Medium for the Creative Author
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The writing blog of Jamie Lee Evans - advice, suggestions, resources and links for fiction writers. Updated every weekday. Thursday, 31 March 2011. Writing – The Best Medium for the Creative Author. The world is in the palm of your hand. Be careful with it. If you think you’re going to sneeze, pass it to Bernard. Image © Danilo Rizzuti. At least 90% of the these things have been awful. At least, I thought I did. After completing the course, it turned out that no-one wants to employ someone who knows ...
