More Writerly Advice

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I do like it when inspirational gems drop into my email account. These three articles tackle different aspects of writing - dialogue, painting and animating 'pictures' in your novel, and distraction. Enjoy.

Bubble Cow on Dialogue Beats

Writers aren't Painters, they're Magicians by Nathan Bransford

Distracted? by Write It Sideways

Comments

  1. Unpublished Life24 February 2012 at 11:26

    These look great Fi, thanks for sharing!

    http://unpublishedworksofme.blogspot.com/

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  2. Fi24 February 2012 at 11:32

    That's ok. Glad you liked them.

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  3. Kelly Hashway24 February 2012 at 12:09

    Thanks! I'm going to check them out now. :)

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  4. shelly24 February 2012 at 14:08

    I'll have to go check them out.

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  5. Darian Wilk24 February 2012 at 14:29

    I love nuggets like this, thanks for sharing!

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  6. Anonymous24 February 2012 at 18:40

    That Write it Sideways article is great! I've found that when I have more time, I tend to squander it, whereas when I have less of it, I learn to write in my head, and have a load of ideas later.

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  7. Sarah Tokeley24 February 2012 at 22:28

    That last one in particular was really helpful. It's too easy to think of all distractions as 'bad' :-)

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  8. Fi25 February 2012 at 10:01

    I find I often get little gems of inspiration when I'm being distracted into doing mundane chores.

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