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Check This Out: The 1896 Leadville Ice Palace

With me on the blog today is my good friend, Afton Rorvik, who is here to talk about her nonfiction book, The 1896 Leadville Ice Palace. It was … Check This Out: The 1896 Leadville Ice Palace

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Punctuation Part III: Hyphens, En Dashes and Em Dashes

Greetings, Storytellers!  Diana here for Part III of our punctuation review.  So far we’ve covered the colon and its neighbor, the semicolon. Now I … Punctuation Part III: Hyphens, En Dashes and Em Dashes

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Colors – how they can enhance our settings and characters #3 Blue

Greetings, SE’ers. It’s Jan again to continue the exploration into different colors and how we can used them in our stories. Let’s take a look at the… Colors – how they can enhance our settings and characters #3 Blue

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7 Tips to Using Reality Altering Characters

Say you really want to use a character who alters reality.  Yet, you don’t want to lose all tension of the story.  Hard to do when this character can change everything around them if they wish.  What can you do … Continue reading

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Using Character Occupations to Their Full Advantage – Part 2 of 2

Greetings! Liz Gauffreau with you today to continue my discussion of using character occupations to their full advantage in your novel. Click/tap … Using Character Occupations to Their Full Advantage – Part 2 of 2

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What is symbolism and how to use it in your writing and an example: great expectations by Charles dickens

Hi SEer’s, it’s Robbie with your today and I am sharing some thoughts about the symbolism in literature and how you can use it in your own writing. … What is symbolism and how to use it in your writing … Continue reading

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You’re Not the Hero?

Villain 1– We meet at least, great hero.  Now you will . . . Why are you wearing all black like me? Villain 2– You can’t trick me, hero.  Pretending to be like me and . . . Are you … Continue reading

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Why Write Short Stories

Hi SEers! Denise here to reshare an updated post from 2-21 or my second post here. I love writing short stories, and thought bringing the subject up … Why Write Short Stories

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7 Tips To An All Villain Story

The meme above sums it up pretty well, but there are times when characters know they’re doing bad things.  So, what can you do if you want to write a story where everyone, or at least the big ones, are … Continue reading

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Setting Up: Finessing the When and Where

By Stephen Geez This 3-part series on story setting starts fairly simply before exploring the widest range of possibilities. Newer writers should pay… Setting Up: Finessing the When and Where

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