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I’m reading through Robert McKee’s Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting. In the book’s first chapter, the author offers a list of the various loves a writer needs to “bring the work a vision that’s driven by fresh insights into human nature and society, coupled with in-depth knowledge of your characters and [...]

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As someone who runs multiple blogs, one of the most annoying aspects of my work is having to log into various sites when writing. That means I have to keep track of multiple lists of published and unpublished posts and be online if I want to get something ready for publication. Sure, I could use [...]

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It’s Sunday. I spent all day yesterday either out, or watching my Stargate SG-1 DVDs. I expected to be writing, catching up on my NaNoWriMo novel, which got set back this week by a few things, but instead decided to–well, I haven’t decided anything yet.
But the story? It’s sucking. Hard. Maybe you can help [...]

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In case you didn’t know, November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo, for short). It’s when thousands of would-be novelists and actual novelists pledge themselves to constructing and writing a 50,000+ word novel in 30 days. (That, by the way, is about 1650 words a day, every day, for the entire month.) This year, among [...]

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That last month in Fort Lauderdale was a blur, and as quickly as it started it was over. Coming back to Tampa, I feel like my life is restarting after a five year pause. Part of that restart includes my returning to school.
Last night I had a dream, about going back to USF, this [...]

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