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November 25, 2015
November 24, 2015
Fourth Week: NaNoWriMo Tips
Okay, so there’s less than a week left in NaNoWriMo and this is a hard week. Thanksgiving is in a few short days and depending on your family obligations, you might not have much time on Friday or the weekend. This is where you really need to push yourself if you haven’t yet reached your writing goals. This is where you might have to pull an all-nighter or work a bit harder than you expected.
If you’ve already hit 50,000, this is a great week for you. You get to add more...
November 23, 2015
So you’ve gotten to that sweet spot where you’re inspired, the...
So you’ve gotten to that sweet spot where you’re inspired, the creative juices are flowing, and you’re writing, writing, writing.. whether you’re in the middle of a writing sprint or doing NanoWriMo or just trying to finish this draft, one of the key things about writing is not to edit when you’re in the middle of getting your first thoughts down. So how do you focus your creative energy? A few ideas to keep from getting distracted by editing, research, and more.
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fuckyeahbiguys:We here at FYBG are trying to encourage more interaction with our followers. So we’re...
We here at FYBG are trying to encourage more interaction with our followers. So we’re starting to a new tag series centered entirely on you, followers!
We want to hear what being bisexual means to you! We would love for you to submit short stories, poems, songs, art, or even just one word or sentence telling us #WhatBiMeansToMe. We’ll publish your submissions on the FYBG page (no sexually explicit or porn submissions, please). These can also be stories of how you came to reali...
November 22, 2015
The 5 Essential Elements Of A Perfect Ending
‘Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.’ ~Mickey Spillane
We can divide a story into a beginning, which is roughly a quarter of a book, a middle, which is half the book, and an end, which is the last quarter. This last part of your book is your reader’s reward for going on this journey with you. It is the part we remember because it has, or should have, the most drama in it.Here are five tips that will help you to end a story...
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“Summer Love Singles”
Like a good short story, all by itself?
Each of the stories from our Summer Love Young Adultanthology is now available as individual short stories for $1.99 each at the IP Web Store, Amazon, All Romance e-Books, Smashwords, and the Apple iBooks Store.
Beautiful Monsters (Rachel Davidson Leigh): A campaign volunteer is assigned to assist his high school’s Gay Straight Alliance for the Pride Parade, forcing him to face the students he had previously avoided, and the truth abou...
November 21, 2015
You know the feeling, you’re staring at your draft, stuck on a...
You know the feeling, you’re staring at your draft, stuck on a scene, not knowing how to move forward, or even if there is a way. This section of your outline says“stuff?? things/!?!” in lieu of actual plotty bits, and you’re just like,“Thanks, past me.” Your characters linger on the page, unsure of where to go to next but your brain is fried and you’re just… stuck.
Here are five writing exercises to help get those creative juices flowing again.
Take a scene you’ve already written and write it...
