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Dear readers, You may have noticed it has been some time since I last posted something. I had my hands full producing two podcasts and getting used to my new job. You could say time got away from me a bit. It has been a very productive year. I recently finished the first full draft…
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I meant to write this yesterday, but I ended up getting caught up in other things I needed to work on. So here I am, writing it today. Better late than never, right? I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the difference between what I feel like I have to do and what I want…
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All writers, whether they are published or not, tend to agree upon one thing. The hardest part of being a writer is actually FINISHING the first draft. Its something I myself have done once in all my years of writing. It is kind of sad actually. So many stories go unfinished because either we lose…
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People don’t always take creators seriously. Even as a kid growing up I knew that my passion for writing could never be more than a hobby. I never invested in my not too shabby drawing skills because I knew nothing would come of it. I learned quickly to spend more time doing what other people…
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If you think about it, writers are natural born liars. It’s basically our job description. We craft worlds from our words and fill them with living, breathing people who never existed outside of our minds. We imbue them with life and embed pieces of our soul throughout the story. We twist your expectations to fit…
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I think we can all agree that retconning is bad. We have been there, covered that. Time to move on. Now, how do we avoid retconning? I have been putting some thought into this recently. As a writer, I understand how easy it can be to let details slip or lose track of where a…
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Write what you know. One of the most common pieces of writing advice you will ever hear. It’s not wrong either. As writers, we draw from our personal experience to help bring our stories and characters to life. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. But it doesn’t always have to be that way. People…
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If writers are good at one thing, we are really good at procrastinating when we should be writing. It happens all of the time. I am especially guilty of this. I wrote a story during my junior year of high school and I still have not finished the second draft. I graduated from college in…
Brianna Blythe 