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Developing characters
To develop a character I usually visualize that character in my mind and then I create a name. After a few days or so when I have a idea of what the character will look like I will surf the internet for images. -
Stop Writer’s Block with a Vampire Bite
Vampire stories will continue to delight and entertain. Therefore, when writer’s block hits take time to write a Vampire story. Create a Vampire. Give a Vampire a name, a job, and a place to live in your local city. The process can be fun and just might generate some great story ideas. -
Dot Your I’s and Cross Your T’s
I am bad at grammar and spelling and I have a limited vocabulary. So why do I want to write? I am not particularly gifted at writing. I am gifted with an overactive imagination. It is because of my imagination that I like to write. I can easily create stories in my mind. Transferring those stories to writing is difficult. Editing my writing to improve grammar, spelling, and vocabulary is even more difficult. -
The Cry Baby Bridge Video Project
The fun in writing a story is research. I am in the process of writing a short story titled, "Beneath the Cry Baby Bridge." The story will be about five-thousand words long. The main characters are Lonny Roebuck and his pal Reggie Wallace. The story takes place in Keetonville, Oklahoma. -
The Benefits of Story Planning with Index Cards
There is an article on Writer's Digest.com by Karen S. Wiesner titled, "Your Novel Blueprint." In this article she discusses the Story Plan Checklist. She reports that planning is story is similar to the process of planning to build a house. I believe her analogy is correct and her article is a great help. -
An Amazing Website of Advice for Beginning and Experienced Writers
About two years ago I decided to start a hobby I had not participated in for many years. That hobby was writing. There are two things that inspired me do so. My recent post about a daydream which resulted in me writing a short called A Nation Below is the first one. The second is the inspirational blog Zen Habits by Leo Babauta. -
Use Daydreams to Write a Great Short Story
The situation got my mind to working. I was a member of the I.T. Department for this company and the President had a new project that he would assign to me. I had a daydream about a guy like myself who works in an I.T. Department getting an assignment from the President of the company. -
Bigfoot in Keetonville
I wrote and posted the story A Creature in Keetonville on the Storiesville website on December 22, 2008. The story is about a Bigfoot sighting in Keetonville, Oklahoma. There are two elements in that story which have fascinated me for several years: Bigfoot and the Keetonville Bridge.