HOW-TO ARTICLES ON CREATIVE WRITING

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Brain Writing by Andy Eklund - Brain writing is a variation on traditional brainstorm techniques. It begins with people writing their ideas down on paper before sharing them aloud with the group. It doesn't require anyone to talk (except a facilitator), and has infinite variations. Go to Article |

Bring Emotion Into Your Description to Grab Your Reader by Mervyn Love - Description is what writers use to colour in the basic elements of a story. It gives the reader a mental picture which they can carry that with them as the tale unfolds. Adding an emotional element grabs the reader more forcefully and pulls them into the story. Go to Article |

Canine Characters by Vera Jane Cook - It's not easy to write dogs into the dialogue. They don't speak. But they do provide a wonderful opportunity for description and humor. In my books, they attach themselves to me as they do in life... Go to Article |

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT SECRETS - 7 STEPS TO DEVELOPING REAL PEOPLE WHO BRING YOUR FICTION TO LIFE by Corey Blake - Creating convincing characters that are believable takes time and discipline. Creating dynamically real individuals without imposing your own thoughts and impressions upon them is not easy to do, but this step is often the difference between a novel or screenplay that sits in a closet and one that finds its way around town and into the hands of audiences. Go to Article |

Character Development: Questions for Creating Character Facts and Personalities - An author who wants to create a realistic character needs to know everything possible about that character, not only to keep the facts straight, but also to understand that character's motivations. Go to Article |

CREATE THE BIGGER-THAN-LIFE CHARACTER FOR YOUR NOVEL by Martha Tucker - The main characters in the bestseller-kind-of novel are bigger-than-life. No wimps here. You can�t just tell us what they do; you have to show us what they do. Prove that they�ve bigger-than-life. Go to Article |

Creating a Fantasy Realm by Amanda Schuller - Fantasy is, perhaps, the genre most associated with the untamed imagination. It's that place of no boundaries, a generic construct out of which you can create any tale your (perhaps diseased) brain can slap together. Go to Article |

CREATING RIVETING ROMANCES IN FICTION: THE ANIMA/ANIMUS ARCHETYPE (PART 1) by Dr. Carolyn Kaufman - Many writers create love interests that reflect their own ideas of the "perfect" man or woman; the danger is that sometimes we're actually creating love interests for ourselves rather than for our characters. Go to Article |

CREATING RIVETING ROMANCES IN FICTION: THE ANIMA/ANIMUS ARCHETYPE (PART 2) by Dr. Carolyn Kaufman - Every archetype has a positive and a negative side. As we saw in the Three-Dimensional Villains article, the villain is the negative aspect of the shadow, while creativity is the positive. To further complicate things, everyone has both anima and animus--the anima is just more evident in the male and the animus in the female. Go to Article |

Creative Writers - Horror Writing by Deborah Owen - What kind of horror story do you want to write? Your options are as wide open as the type of 'monster' you wish to create. Go to Article |

Creative Writers : Can You Write Good Transition Sentences? by Deborah Owen - Creative writers and journalists sometimes have the problem of smoothly transitioning from one paragraph to the other, especially when they are changing the subject. This is a learned skill that is not hard to master. Go to Article |

Creative Writing For Analytical Minds by Linda Ferguson - We all understand that creative writing is produced by creative people. We mean that people with the right kind of minds and the right interests can write interesting poems, stories and plays. Go to Article |

CREATIVE WRITING TIPS - HAVE YOU ESTABLISHED YOUR MAIN CHARACTER AT THE START? by Nick Vernon - In the beginning of your story you have to grab your readers� interest and sustain it till the end. Our hook is our character. Readers keep on reading to find out more about the character. To see what he�ll do in the story; how he�ll solve his problems. What his goals are and whether he�ll achieve them. Go to Article |

CREATIVE WRITING � MORE QUALITY WORK, FASTER by Kal Bishop - Maximization methodologies have long been used in business to produce quantities of quality ideas, faster. Creative writers who want to rapidly produce quantities of quality work should apply these same principles. Go to Article |

CREATIVITY AND INSPIRATION by Edwin Spina - Creativity for the mystic has special meaning. In the world of the mystic all is one. This means that there's only one Creator. Your job as an artist, painter or writer is simply to attune with this One source of all creation, listen and report on what you're told. Go to Article |

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