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Types of Writers

Posted by Rachel on August 31, 2015 in characters, description, dialogue, emotion, musings, outline, planning, plot, romance, structure, voice, writing |

It’s back to school time and I was thinking about that cafeteria map from Mean Girls and how it sort of relates to writing. Not the whole labeled cliques thing because we’re all one big, wordy family, but just that there are different types of writers. Everyone’s got a different way of writing and sometimes […]

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Guest Post: Beginnings, Middles and Ends

Posted by Rachel on October 11, 2013 in ending, guest post, opening, outline, planning, plot, structure, writing |

Today I have the pleasure of sharing a great writer’s guest post on dramatic structure. We agreed to swap posts and you can read mine on the creative process here. Tiana Bodine was kind enough to share her wonderful thoughts on story structure and I hope you find it as insightful as I did: One […]

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Hanging On

Posted by Rachel on June 21, 2012 in action, discovery, ending, planning, plot, structure, writing tips |

Have you ever been reading a story, not really completely drawn in but the chapter endings are cleverly cliffhanged that you can’t seem to put it down? That is excellent planning, my friend. A rousing bit of conflict cropping up from nowhere to snag your attention and keep your eyes planted on the page. Ideally […]

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7 Steps to World Building

Posted by Rachel on May 25, 2012 in description, nature, planning, structure, weather, writing |

There’s an aspect of writing that takes place behind the scenes, something the reader must never notice and yet always be aware of. What is it? The world you have constructed. For those of us writing a narrative that takes place outside of the current time and status of Earth, there is significant research and […]

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