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Beside actual verbal communication, which of the following would you choose to communicate through?
Dancing
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Music
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Painting
40%
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Touch
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Writing
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All of the Above
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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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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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PostSubject: story teller   March 27th 2012, 6:14 am

Story Teller

Now as spring light fades into a softly
blue evening I turn to you and ask,
If you can tell me more?

The river doesn’t flow as rapid as
before and the lake is dry, no breeze
blows away dust of broken dreams

if you can tell me more tell it now
before light is an empty space and
stillness has lost its echo.


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