Word Prompts idee fixe: a fixed idea; an obsession. succor: aid; help; also, to help or relieve. piebald: mottled; also, mixed. mollify: to reduce in intensity; to soothe; to soften. staid: steady or sedate in character. Image...
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Well, I’m cheating. It’s a funny thing, how the first Tuesday of the month always sneaks up on me, despite the fact that my column has been on the first Tuesday of the month for 2 years and it’s highlighted in the master schedule. Nevertheless, it snuck up on me again this month, and I really didn’t know...
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It’s time for another MyFlashFiction Challenge! Challenge for October 12-19: Write a story in 3 sentences You can enter any time in the next days I feel something fall onto my shoulder as I walk by the countless trees with bright autumn leaves. I turn my head to the side to see that...
read moreThis was something I found a while ago that I thought was interesting. (I I swiped this from Rafa Lombardino) Have you ever wondered how the different sub-genres of literature fit with one...
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We’ve launched a brand new facet of MyVampFiction! The MVF CIRCLE!! You might be wondering, “what the heck is the MVF Circle?” It’s a brand new forum designed for us novice novelists to get support from our peers. It’s a place for us to go get critiques, find CP’s, talk about our ideas and...
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Hello and welcome to another Writer’s Resource! The focus of this month’s column is all about what makes for pleasant reading. I have been doing quite a bit of reading the last month both recreationally and for the lovely ladies that I beta for, and I have five rules that I would love to share. None are inherently better than...
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Hello there, I’m back again! I had been planning on looking at humor for this month’s column, but after the last couple weeks’ worth of being a beta, reading, and writing my own original fiction novel, I decided to focus on more pressing matters. This month I will be focusing on clichés and dead metaphors, pretentiousness,...
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Word Prompts efficacious: producing, or capable of producing, a desired effect. aegis: a shield; protection. denouement: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work. yen: a desire or craving. irenic: promoting peace. Image Prompts Song Prompt The Band Perry – If I Die Young Random...
read moreG’day mate! Welcome to the first of many Writer’s Resource columns by yours truly. I seem to spend just as much time researching language for no other reason than to broaden my knowledge, and I love it! My strengths lie in diction, sentence style and structure, grammar, description, narration and punctuation. I am in no way new...
read moreCredit for this post goes to the blog The Kill Zone Imagine, if you will, The Fugitive with Ace Ventura as the lead. While much of the plot of this exciting movie could remain intact, the entire flavor of it would be radically different. Scenes would change, dialog would be altered… and, despite the plot similarities, chances...
read moreWord Prompts · extirpate: to eradicate; to destroy. · uxorious: excessively fond of or submissive to a wife. · anodyne: serving to relieve pain. · bootless: unavailing; useless. · flummox: to confuse; to perplex. Image Prompts Song Prompt Colbie Caillat – I do Random Prompts Cheetos Scooby...
read moreDialogue is one of the most necessary components when writing fiction. Our characters come to life through their dialogue and it helps us understand the story even better. Everyone has their own style and preferences when it comes to writing dialogue, but it can still be tricky for the new writer. I went on a Google search to...
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