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John’s 3 year-old neice is going through a “but why” phase. You can say something to her or instruct her and she’ll reply, “But why?” At first it’s cute, then it gets close to annoying. Sometimes the only way to stop the cycle is to sternly say, “No more ‘but whys’!”
This little story led me [...]

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At times, Google can be a blessing or a curse. Today it was a blessing. During an aimless surf session at lunch I ran across a couple of sites regarding exploring human personality.
Yesterday I was contemplating about how to get inside the heads of my minor characters. Today’s surf session may have yielded a few [...]

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I often struggle with minor impact characters in my writing. It is easier for me to get inside the head of my protagonist (or antagonist) because I think about them most often.
In my opinion minor characters are important – they add flavor to the storyline. My challenge is putting them into the proper perspective.
Inspiration may [...]

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It’s October 13 and that means NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) starts in 19 days. From their page:
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.
Last year was my first time, I didn’t quite [...]

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