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Monday, November 23rd, 2009by Maryn Langer
When you’re writing your first draft of anything, forget everything your English teachers ever told you. Creating is a right brain function and trying to make your article, story, etc. perfect the first time through is like plugging your ears to listen. Even though people who say they never re-write, rewrite. [...]
Creating Believable Characters
Monday, November 9th, 2009By Anna Goodwin
These suggestions can be used for both fiction and memoir writing.
Show character traits, don’t tell people about them. Emphasize the unusual.
Watch people around you to get ideas (e.g., family, friends, strangers).
Readers must “feel something” about the character (negative, or positive) to keep reading.
Form an image of your character in your mind. If this [...]
7 reasons for writers block and self-defeating behaviors in writing
Monday, October 26th, 2009By Anna Goodwin
1. Your conscious and unconscious thoughts and beliefs are self-critical and filled with fears. This can result in writer’s block, procrastination, and excuses. Most writers fall prey to at least one of these or all of them at times. Don’t be hard on yourself. These behaviors can be overcome. Take time to examine [...]
Seven Secrets of Successful Speakers (And All Writers are Speakers…)
Sunday, August 9th, 2009By Doctor Mark William Cochran
“Ummmmmm….”
“I’m sorry, I’m not really very prepared…”
(SQUWA-A-AK! BWOOP! SCRE-E-E-ECH!) “Oops … um … heh heh …”
“I DON’T NEED THE MIKE. MY VOICE REALLY CARRIES. CAN YA HEAR ME IN THE BACK?”
(Thump, thump.) “Pfft, pfft. ’Zis thing on?”
“I know this is kinda boring, but…”
How many times have you heard a speaker begin [...]
What is a channel?
Saturday, July 18th, 2009In the past, communication to the masses involved tuning into a signal that dispensed information. Over the years, we started to call these informational outlets, channels. It was expensive and complex to broadcast these signals, so great conglomerates of powerful people formed communication companies and invested a lot of money to make sure it would [...]
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