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Volume 1, Issue 5 - May 7, 2008 - Use Auto-Summarize to Create a Poem
Have you ever started writing a story only to find you are unable to bring it to a close?
While compiling pieces of my work for my first book,
At the Starting Gate, I found myself in that situation with a narrative poem I had started. I struggled to no avail to finish it. I could not, for the life of me, . . .
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Volume 1, Issue 4 - April 29, 2008 - Journaling
You might think journaling is unnecessary, that one can simply put the negatives that assail you aside, forget them, and move on with your writing. While this
is possible, there is a better and more effective solution, journaling.
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Volume 1, Issue 3 - April 22, 2008 - People Who Rain on Your Parade
On the first leg of my journey I decided on a course of action, set my goal, and proceeded to create the necessary product. For months I worked day and night creating and packaging.
Six months into preparations, with everything done except taking my product public, my mom got sick. I had to drop everything and get to her.
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Volume 1, Issue 2 - April 15, 2008 - Keep it Simple, Keep it Small
You might ask, “I want to write a novel or a big book, why would I want to
keep it simple and small?”
Those of us who regularly think about writing a book or a novel, think in terms of the finished product - “a 500 to 900 page “finished product”. The process of writing that number of pages alone, is an overwhelming task for first-timers. Every time we think of writing our book, we think of writing from beginning to end. We start, we get overwhelmed, and we stop.
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Volume 1, Issue 1 - April 7, 2008 - Get Started Writing Your Book
Everybody has a story to tell. Some desire to tell their stories more than others, and many people think about doing just that—someday. If you’re reading this right now you can probably think of at least one time in your life when the thought crossed your mind that the situation you were in would make a good story. Some people think of writing their stories on a regular basis. I’m one of those people. No matter what the day or what the occasion happened to be, I found myself thinking, this will make a good story.