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November 14, 2012
Wattpad Wednesday: ella_enchanted
Basic Info Ella (pen name) 18 Years old Canada Author of Their Paid Girl, The Ivy League and Poisoned. Visit her Wattpad profile here: ella_enchanted Show us your workspace. Don’t clean it up first! Other than high school English class, how did you learn to write? I’m still learning! Well in high school, in addition to taking an [...]
November 13, 2012
Writing Tip: The #$%&! Moment
There’s a moment in every work of fiction—novels, film, or television—where the protagonist’s reality comes crashing down and a new problem presents itself. Writing teachers call it the “inciting incident.” I call it the #$%! moment. The following rules are a general guide to crafting a kick-ass inciting incident. Must you follow them to write a [...]
November 12, 2012
Badass Drama: Six Feet Under
GEORGE AND BILLY CONNECT “Time Flies” Written by Craig Wright 2005 CONTEXT: Billy (Jeremy Sisto) and George (James Cromwell) are “satellite characters” orbiting the protagonist family in Six Feet Under. Both characters have been plagued with numerous mental disorders which have been damaging their relationships with families and lovers. A birthday party brings them together [...]
November 7, 2012
Wattpad Wednesday: The_Starzee
Basic Info Starzee (pen name) 22 years old New Zealand Author of Forces of Nature and The Rules of Survival. Visit her Wattpad profile here: The_Starzee Other than high school English class, how did you learn to write? A very good question! Seeing as I kind of don’t know the answer myself. Umm, I only started [...]
November 4, 2012
The Day I Wore Purple – PROLOGUE
Prologue - Paris, 2385 It was ninety years ago that they parted. Ninety years used to be a lifetime, he thought. She said she would meet him beneath the oldest oak on The Island of La Grande Jatte, so the man found the tallest tree, spread out a blanket, removed his shoes, and waited. The grass [...]
October 30, 2012
Wattpad Wednesday: BeautifulRose16
Basic Info Ruth (real first name) 17 years old Puerto Rico Author of the massively successful story, Forever Yours. Visit her Wattpad profile here: BeautifulRose16 Show us your workspace. Don’t clean it up first! I don’t have a desk, sadly, or the space in our crowded four bedroom apartment to put one. So for now, it’s [...]
October 29, 2012
October 28, 2012
Badass Drama: Community
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Written by Andrew Guest 2011 CONTEXT: The study group learns that “Fat Neil” is suicidal. Jeff (Joel McHale) rallies everyone together to play a game of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, rigged so Fat Neil will win and regain his self-confidence. The game commences in the study room, complete with sound effects to [...]
October 24, 2012
Wattpad Wednesday: TheDivineMissM
Basic Info Emily Faith (real name) 17 years old Australia Author of several short stories including The Banshee and The Wendigo, as well as the novel The Conversion. Visit her Wattpad profile here: TheDivineMissM Show us your workspace. Don’t clean it up first! I don’t have one at the moment! My desk broke, I’m bribing my brother to fix [...]
October 22, 2012
Novel News: Killer Swag!
I toyed with the idea of using a site like Cafepress to offer my fans cheap swag to promote my work… but then I had an epiphany. What if I created products that people would actually use? So I abandoned the Cafepress idea and turned to my insanely creative friends for help. I only have a [...]
