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Another textbook? Why not? There’s still plenty of good stuff worth learning, and I couldn’t cram it all into the first three. Naked Notes! is now available at Amazon. Do a writer friend of yours a HUGE favor, order a signed copy from me!
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Greeley is now available for Kindle e-readers and in paperback. Don’t miss this fantastic collection of linked tales of the old and new West. Autographed copies make great gifts, by the way. Contact me if you’d like one.
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Tag Archives: story ideas
Remakes are fine for Hollyweed
Do you really and truly want to write something that’s not only been done before, but done to death? Ick. And suddenly, an imagined protest from one of my students pops into my head: “Gimme a break! I’m no genius. How … Continue reading
Posted in novel writing, Writing
Tagged creativity, Hollywood, mutant, mutant thinking, new ideas, overdone, paradigm shift, plot, recycled ideas, reuseable, robot sex, role reversal, stale ideas, story ideas
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Story Telling vs. Storytelling
There’s a distinct difference between storytelling, in the traditional sense, and telling your story, especially if you haven’t yet written it down. Novelists are storytellers; there’s no question about that. Some are better than others, certainly, but the job description … Continue reading
Posted in novel writing, Writing
Tagged blabbermouth, boring story, getting bored with your story, ideas, novel, sharing, story ideas, storytelling, talking your story, testing, Writing
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The More Things Change? Nah. How to write a novel–part 31
We tend to hear (and repeat) the same things over and over, and when we do, we often bestow the status of “truth” upon them, even when they may not have earned it. Thus it is with “the more things change, the … Continue reading
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Tagged drugs, fact vs fiction, history, statistics, story ideas, truth
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