You’ve heard of distracted driving, right? Cell phones, road signs, ankle-biters bug-tussling in the back seat, other distracted drivers distracting your driving—we’ve all experienced it—but hopefully not on the wrong side of a citation or accident. Today, keeping in mind … Continue reading →| Killzoneblog.com
Profluence (noun) – a copious or smooth flowing * * * I was re-listening to a Great Courses lecture the other day entitled Writing Great Fiction taught by professor and author James Hynes. The particular episode I re-visited was on … Continue reading →| Killzoneblog.com
“Pilots are a rare kind of human. They leave the ordinary surface of the world to purify their soul in the sky, and they come down to earth only after receiving the communion of the infinite.” – Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra| Killzoneblog.com
New writers receive so much advice early in their journey, the last thing they need is inaccurate advice from a bot. Imagine if you hadn’t established your community, hadn’t befriended even one writer friend, you might turn to AI to guide you in the right direction. In this series, I’ll show you why this is … … Continue reading →| Story Empire
You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. —Golda Meir| Killzoneblog.com
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Greetings to one and all. Beem Weeks here with you again. This month, I’m looking at the difference between inspiration and craft. Though they are not the same, both are integral parts of co…| Story Empire
During the Fourth of July weekend, many folks were on the road, listening to music or daydreaming while stuck in traffic. Nothing at all interesting about it. Though we want our stories to mimic re…| Story Empire
The conversation about critical distance doesn’t come up often in writing circles. If someone does raise the point, critical distance is usually mentioned in passing as though other writers should …| Story Empire
Revised Originally published May 19, 2022 My favorite poet Emily Dickinson sent her poems to The Atlantic Monthly Magazine in... The post Winning and Losing Writing Competitions appeared first on BOOKPLACES.| BOOKPLACES
Greetings to one and all within the reading and writing community! Beem Weeks here with you again. This month I’d like to talk a little about transforming your characters. What exactly do I mean wh…| Story Empire
