Writing Tips – Mind Maps: Characters Probably the most important part of any story are the characters. They are the inhabitants of your world, and if you cannot describe them, then your audience will be unable to connect. The challenge is to create characters that are believable. How do you do this? Think about people…
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Writing Tips – Mind Maps: Environment An important part of any story is the environment that it is constructed in. Without a set environment, the reader will not feel as if they are contained within the story; which will lead to them being disconnected. Ensuring that the reader is connected to your story is the…
Read MoreWriting Tips – Mind Maps: Plot
Writing Tips – Mind Maps: Plot The plot is one of the four major pillars of a story. The plot is the evolvement of the story, the unfolding of the journey that your main protagonist(s) embark upon. The question is, what makes a good plot? What aspects do you need to cover to ensure that…
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Writing Tips – Mind Maps: Story After sitting down and thinking about how I was going to tackle creating an interesting story that others would want to read, I asked myself, what elements in a story transform an average story into a strong, moving and believable story? I sat there while ideas formed in my…
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Writing: Stage 0.2 It’s been a while since Stage 0.1, so I thought I would give an update. I’ve had some thoughts about how to go about starting. I realised that I needed to have some sort of structure or plan as to how I am going to go about starting this. Before I delve…
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Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (9): The Grammar Nazi
Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (9): The Grammar Nazi I was looking at some of the searches on google that have brought visitors to my blog and I wanted to see if those searches were actually finding my blog. After putting in one of the searches, I came across a site which I find pretty…
Read MoreThe Fisherman
The Fisherman I have finally decided to sit down and write something. I had this idea come to during the day and I had to write it down to work on tonight. This is a metaphoric story, try to figure out what the actual subject is. The sky was dark; small rays of warmth pierced…
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Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (8): e.g. vs i.e.
Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (8): e.g. vs i.e. These are two commonly used abbreviations, but on occasion, they are used incorrectly. The only way to know which one to use, you must understand what the abbreviations stand for. Both of these terms originated from latin. e.g. is the shortened form of exempli gratia, “for…
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Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (7): who vs whom
Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (7): who vs whom I don’t see whom being used very often, maybe it has been lost as a word from a forgotten time. It’s quite a tricky rule, as it’s difficult to diffentiate when to use whom opposed to who. The difference between the two comes down to the…
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Writing: Stage 0.1 I’ve had my writing on hold for quite a long time. Now that I’ve been working on this blog (1st birthday just over a week ago) I have been writing semi-consistently for the past year, with the last couple of months becoming even more steady. I am ALMOST ready to start looking…
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