Annette Young's Blog: Annette's Observations, page 3

Creative Ideas – Think Outside the Box

If your creative brain is on strike, this article may help you to come up with some imaginative ideas for your next short story or novel.....

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The Amateur Sleuth

As part of our e-learning creative month, I wanted to take look at the art of crafting an amateur sleuth. The murder mystery or mystery genre is seriously popular but although competition is fierce, if you can create an amateur sleuth with all of the required traits, you could be onto a winner....

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Your Way to Creative Writing Success

When you first start creative writing, it can seem like a mammoth journey to take before you feel comfortable with your writing and can start to believe in your own abilities...

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Conflict in Setting

Conflict in Setting.....awareness and observation of life can help you to avoid certain fictional pitfalls....

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Easy Ways to Destroy Your Novel Writing Success

Even the most enthusiastic and passionate of writers can murder their chances of being successful in their novel writing efforts if not careful and over the years...

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Why Fiction Needs More Than the Humdrum

Want the latest blog post by author, editor Annette Young? Fiction is about escapism. Irrespective of the genre, a good story helps.....

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Why Fiction Needs More Than the Hundrum

Want the latest blog post by author, editor Annette Young? Fiction is about escapism. Irrespective of the genre, a good story helps.....

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Writing Fiction – Who Are You Writing For?

When you start writing fiction, you may find that you write when the creative urges strike. You are not necessarily planning......

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Characterisation – Falling Out of Love

Characterisation - you prepare to start writing and then, you have to face up to the feeling, you have lost belief in your characters and worse, you don't even really like them that much.

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Writing Fiction – Life, Language and Observation

It was a productive weekend in terms of writing and planning however but I've always said that the whole creative process is much more than actually sitting down and committing words to paper. Sometimes, it's the silliest of things that can spark off the imagination and make you think about life in a whole new light....

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