Tag: creative writing
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You’re a Genius All the Time – Jack Kerouac’s 30 tips of ‘Belief and Technique for Modern Prose’ for Spontaneous Creative Writing
Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy Submissive to everything, open, listening Try never get drunk outside yr own house Be in love with yr life Something that you feel will find its own form Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind Blow as deep as you want to blow Write what […]
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A Musician and a Writer Talk About ..When the Story Finds You… Projects That You Are Excited About But Seem Like They Don’t Want To Be Realized… Representation And Diversity.. And On Being Real Enough to Take Criticism And Keep Going
AN EPISODE OF THE IDIOSYNCRATIC PODCAST ‘I ONLY LISTEN TO THE MOUNTAIN GOATS’ TO INTRODUCE YOU PERFECTLY TO THE PREMISE – A MUSICIAN (John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats) TALKING TO A WRITER (Joseph Fink of Welcome to Nightvale and other projects) ABOUT CREATING ART AND ALL THE WEIRD WAYS AND MEANS OF MAKING THINGS […]
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WRITING PROMPT – “It’s really not that you can’t see the forest for the trees…”
Go ahead you can laugh all you wantI got my philosophy [Keeps my feet on the ground]And I trust it like the ground [Ground]That’s why my philosophy [My phil–]Keeps me walking when I’m falling down [–osophy]
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Some Good Sources On Writing Full-Fledged Characters For Your Fiction
Write characters that could walk off the page by giving them histories, psychologies, and doing the leg work to bring them to life with the help of these links.
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June Writing Focus For Monarch Writers: Plot & Structure – Going Through Book by James Scott Bell of that Name
Reading books about writing is like using recipes to cook for oneself. Of course, you can usually cook something without resorting to checking out a recipe, and following its particular ingredient list, and the baking instructions it says are important for making the meal (book) come out right. But if you want to encourage yourself […]
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MAY 2021 – Focus on Writing SETTING – Creating a World For Your Story To Live
In May The Monarch Writers are focusing on the idea of Setting and World. Whatever type of writing you are doing, you need to have some kind of focus on the scene beyond the immediate plodding plot. Where is your conversation between characters SET? What is the larger world like? What is going on in […]
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OCTOBER 2020 – Prepping for National Novel Writing Month / Focus on Character Development
This month the Monarch Writers are excited about the yearly November tradition of National Novel Writing Month, which several of us are participating in this year. You can get a jump on your preparation by following some of the great videos on the NaNo Youtube account and set reminders for those to watch them live. […]