Monthly Archives: January 2015

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Idea Factory Writing Prompt #7 1 comment

This entry was posted in Prompts & Writing Games and tagged truth on January 30, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on March 20, 2015)

Today’s Idea Factory Writing Prompt is deceptively simple: all you have to do is tell the truth.

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What It Takes To Be A Successful Writer 3 comments

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged persistence psychology of writing on January 29, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 29, 2015)

What’s my measure of success? Is it money? Copies sold? Or is it the act of persistence itself, the act of continuing to write when […]

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What do we want from stories? 2 comments

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged criteria greatness Ted Hope on January 28, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on March 20, 2015)

1. Take me somewhere I have never been. The discovery can be a place, person, or thing. It can be beauty or an aesthetic. It […]

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HP Lovecraft on Writing Treatments 2 comments

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged HP Lovecraft non-linear storytelling prep story summaries synopsis treatments on January 27, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on February 17, 2015)

HP Lovecraft’s two-step synopsis method is a useful approach for writing treatments for stories with non-linear narratives. Prepare a synopsis or scenario of events in […]

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Margaret Atwood on the only way to write the truth 6 comments

This entry was posted in Creativity Quotes Writing and tagged creativity Margaret Atwood truth on January 26, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 25, 2015)

The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, […]

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Weekly Check In: 2015 Week Four 12 comments

This entry was posted in Weekly Check In on January 25, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on February 2, 2015)

Welcome to the Weekly Check In. Did you tame your savage writing goals this week?

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Idea Factory Writing Prompt #6

This entry was posted in Prompts & Writing Games on January 22, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 22, 2015)

This week we’re going to look for story ideas based on your character’s situation: specifically, trapping a character.

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How Does Your Character Smell? 3 comments

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged character development five senses smell on January 22, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 21, 2015)

How does your character smell? You may never have asked yourself this question, but there are four reasons why you should.

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How to impress a short film programmer

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged screenwriting short films on January 21, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on January 20, 2015)

“What motivates me is to try to pick films that would affect the audience emotionally: to make them happy; but sometimes I want to surprise […]

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