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| Poll | | | Beside actual verbal communication, which of the following would you choose to communicate through? | | Dancing | | 0% | [ 0 ] | | Music | | 20% | [ 1 ] | | Painting | | 40% | [ 2 ] | | Touch | | 0% | [ 0 ] | | Writing | | 40% | [ 2 ] | | All of the Above | | 0% | [ 0 ] |
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| Monthly Writing Prompt | I love words! Words make great prompts and lead to new ideas. So today scroll through your dictionary, spontaneously choose a word. Don't search, just pick, and use this word to help you write. Use it to steer your main character, twist your plot or to bring your latest work to a epic end. No matter what word you randomly get, write. Write until you can't write anymore!
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| Writing Tip | Our monthly writing tips are written by our very own TerishD. You can read more in Terish's Blog located in "The Abstractions" area of the forum.
Accept Criticism
Had a person respond
to a critique of their story by saying that he planned on 'berating
me.' He however thought better about it. Now, I can be cruel in my
critiques, but I was not cruel to him. I gave him what I felt was a
solid appraisal of his writing. It takes work to write, and to have
that effort said to be inferior does hurt. To get good one however
needs to understand that others might have a clearer vision than
oneself.
We all have our styles and tastes in what we want in a
story. The ideal state is where you are writing what you want and how
you want with others simply remarking on their opinion of the action and
characters. I will admit that I prefer a style not acceptable by
modern publishers, so I had to learn to write in a different manner. I
have some old stories that I have not edited, because I prefer the way I
wrote them more than the way I would write them today. I however
accept that I am writing for others to read them, so I presently write
in the manner that they would want them.
I had to listen to
others to make my writing worthy of getting people to read it without
complaint. I did not like some of the things I was told, but instead of
'berating them,' I thought better about it. I am a better writer
because of it, and I believe the same will apply to authors that listen
to the wisdom of others.
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