Writing Day 2 After beginning this journey, I’ve spent some more time researching ideas. I haven’t set any ideas in stone, as I want to keep the ideas fluid to promote brainstorming. Time to continue researching. Submeg writing
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Writing Day One
Writing Day One As I mentioned yesterday, I have finally found the last piece that was required to start the story. Of course, I really wanted to jump straight into writing, I knew that I had to sit down and plan what I’m going to do. The first thing that I felt was required, was…
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The Final Piece.
The Final Piece. After compiling the mind maps for different aspects of what I believe is required for a successful story, I spent an afternoon outdoors in the sun. After moving, I hadn’t spent any time looking at the garden areas outside, so I decided to get out there to clean out the weeds. While…
Read MoreWriting Tips – Mind Maps: Style
Writing Tips – Mind Maps: Style Finally, once you have thought about all the other aspects covered in my other mind maps, you then need to consider the writing style you want to employ to create the story. In the mind map below, these are some of the aspects (let me know if you can…
Read MoreWriting Tips – Mind Maps: Characters
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…
Read MoreWriting Tips – Mind Maps: Environment
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…
Read MoreWriting Tips – Mind Maps: Story
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…
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