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The Pen vs the Sword: Sometimes – Write what you DON’T know
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The Pen vs the Sword. A writer offers thoughts for others wishing to follow a similar journey. Sometimes – Write what you DON’T know. I’m sure I’ve stated before I don’t always agree with the older adages of writing advice that are bandied about to newer writers. There are many that you look at and go “What the heck does THAT mean? 8221; when you read them. While these comments are designed to help the new writer, they don’t always give the full details of what they mean. For some writers, their greatest...
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The Pen vs the Sword: Numbers and their ilk
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The Pen vs the Sword. A writer offers thoughts for others wishing to follow a similar journey. Numbers and their ilk. The time has come that you’re now writing regularly. Perhaps you chose to have multiple ideas running at one time, perhaps you didn’t. Things feel good, feel strong. Sitting to write has that feeling of flow. When you complete a writing session, you feel accomplished. That is, until someone asks you a question. 8220;How much did you write? Wow Way to burst our happy bubble, person! This a...
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The Pen vs the Sword: It’s Time to Submit – Run away! Run Away!
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The Pen vs the Sword. A writer offers thoughts for others wishing to follow a similar journey. It’s Time to Submit – Run away! So we’ve reached the next step. The story is written, edited, and polished. It sparkles enough that we can allow others to bask in its glow. Yeah. In order to do that, we need to send it to publications. Okay, I’ll turn off the spotlights. 2) Editors are seeking the best possible choice for their publication. Going in, you must BELIEVE that you fit that definition. For those that...
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The Pen vs the Sword: Monthly Work Update - The Lost Ones
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The Pen vs the Sword. A writer offers thoughts for others wishing to follow a similar journey. Monthly Work Update - The Lost Ones. I decided to add a new series of posts to the blog this year. These posts will detail my works in progress, or WIPs. I’m not going into details on plot or characters, but I will offer insight into how the story came about, where it may be going, and how close I feel it is to completion. Novel: 668 (Expected completion: 100,000). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Pen vs the Sword: About Me
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The Pen vs the Sword. A writer offers thoughts for others wishing to follow a similar journey. Some items of interest and others that are just trivia:. Born and Raised in Southern Maryland. Youngest of two children. Lived on a 15 acre farm for many years of my life. Was an avid reader growing up and that hasn't changed as I have gotten older. Been writing all forms (short story, novel, novella) of fiction for twenty years. Also have dabbled in poetry. Servant to five cats. The Sinking of Gustav.
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The Pen vs the Sword: The Pattern leads to the Matrix…
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The Pen vs the Sword. A writer offers thoughts for others wishing to follow a similar journey. The Pattern leads to the Matrix…. Okay, so I’m being a little goofy with my title today. However, I’m trying to make a point with it. The big thing the machines tried to build into the Matrix was an easily followed routine, a pattern that they could control. The biggest thing that broke their routine was human free will, which didn’t always follow the most logical of patterns, the most logical of routines.
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The Pen vs the Sword: Work in Progress - Blood Bond
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The Pen vs the Sword. A writer offers thoughts for others wishing to follow a similar journey. Work in Progress - Blood Bond. I decided to add a new series of posts to the blog this year. These posts will detail my works in progress, or WIPs. I’m not going into details on plot or characters, but I will offer insight into how the story came about, where it may be going, and how close I feel it is to completion. 54,994 (Unknown completion number). I’m not 100% sure yet. I’ve not attempted a...King of the D...
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The Pen vs the Sword: The Character Quirk
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The Pen vs the Sword. A writer offers thoughts for others wishing to follow a similar journey. There are books and blogs out there that suggest adding a quirk to a character to enhance it and make it seem more real to the reader. This is good advice, but it shouldn’t stop there. To me, this is my big important thought: BE CAREFUL WHAT QUIRK YOU CHOSE! Okay, so what set me off on this tangent, you might ask, because it doesn’t have the normal playful feel of my usual posts? Yeah, it set me off. Has Dustin...
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The Pen vs the Sword: How Sketchy is Your Character?
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The Pen vs the Sword. A writer offers thoughts for others wishing to follow a similar journey. How Sketchy is Your Character? There are some things to consider when dealing with characters. Much as we writers hate dealing with negative reviews, some of them will contain useful information. The character of course will dictate a lot of how someone feels about the story they read. So we need to understand our character as best we can. Personally, I use the character sheet style, because I started my writin...
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The Pen vs the Sword: My Reservoir Needs Some Inspiration
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The Pen vs the Sword. A writer offers thoughts for others wishing to follow a similar journey. My Reservoir Needs Some Inspiration. In one of my latest posts, I spoke of the creative reservoir. Not everyone will believe in this concept, but let me offer this as a thought process at least. Let me talk a little about how we drain the reservoir. For writers, it’s easy, really. We write. Okay, so that’s how we drain it. Now how do we refill it? Here is where it varies from person to person. For a lot of ...
