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Tag Archives: Writers Resources
How To Kill A Blog in 4 Easy Steps
Image via Wikipedia Byzantine Roads is going through some growing pains right now. I’ve been working on a novel project that, although slow, is progressing nicely. I Didn’t win Nano. Heck, I didn’t even come close. But I’m happy with the outlining, research, and yes, even the little drafting I managed to get done on “Teddy Roosevelt and the Lost World.” So, the more I look at the various posts and categories of this site, and the more I look …
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Tagged FAQs Help and Tutorials, Writers Resources, Writing, Youtube
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NaNoWriMo Resources: 3 Books
Over the years I’ve collected a bunch of writing books. Here are three that I’ve used extensively and am planning on using again this year for NaNoWriMo:
Site of the Week: The Turkey City Lexicon.
I’ve used the Turkey City Lexicon for years. Growing out of a science fiction writer‘s group in Austin, Texas, it’s an invaluable resource for all writers. It’s a collection of humorous writing tips, apt names for writing errors and a kind of secret handshake for writers all rolled into one. For Example: The Kitchen-Sink StoryA story overwhelmed by the inclusion of any and every new idea that occurs to the author in the process of writing it. (Attr. Damon Knight) …
The Best Writing Advice I Never Listened To.
Image via Wikipedia 8,000 days. Twenty-two years ago I got the best writing advice I ever received. Advice simple, powerful and profound. Every time I think about it, it humbles me. It’s simple to understand, but difficult to do. It’s the single number one reason I feel that I am still struggling with my writing. Like many would be authors I used to get bogged down in the myth of the writer: that there’s some mysterious alchemical brew of Discipline …
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Tagged Arts, Author, Education, Ray Bradbury, Screenplay, Writer, Writers Resources
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What Writing Sites Do You Follow?
Image by lcthulou via Flickr So is Writing a solitary profession? It doesn’t seem like it should be anymore. I mean, if your primary activity is writing, it’s easier than ever to connect with other writers and get your stuff out there, Right? So Who do you follow? Who gives you the inspiration and advice that you value? Here’s a couple of my favorite sites: Whatever- Hugo award winning John Scalzi’s site is the first one I Turn to each …
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Free Novel Writing Software: yWriter Demo
yWriter is a popular free word processor designed from the ground up for novelists. It’s an open-ended organizer and test processor that let’s the author do as much or as little pre-writing as they feel like, then organizes your writing into discreet scenes. It will allow you to track your progress, and gives you both tabular and graphic reports. Finally, after you’ve polished your novel, it will allow you to export your manuscript for final formatting in a more full …
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Tagged Arts, Mac OS, Operating Systems, Word processor, Writers Resources, Writing, yWriter
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