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14
DEC
2014

Back at it again

My phone rang this morning and notified me about the upcoming mount Everest I had to start climbing first thing tomorrow morning. It's been 37…

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23
NOV
2014

7 point story system

Today's post deals with another way to structure a story and it's called 7 Point Story System. According to writer Dan Wells, who made a…

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02
NOV
2014

Dialogue

Dialogue has been one of the hardest things I have to tackle when I write. When I first started writing, I read somewhere that dialogue…

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26
OCT
2014

How to blow some steam off

Ever since I said to myself "you're about to finish the draft, Chris" the process has slowed to a near stop. Well, not really to…

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12
OCT
2014

Staying focused

For the past two weeks, my mind has been all over the place and I have found it very difficult to focus and reach my…

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21
SEP
2014

Progress Report

It's been a while since I gave you a progress report on my work so far. If I remember correctly, it was on August 31st…

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07
SEP
2014

Characters

When I first started writing I thought very little about the importance of characters in a story. All I cared about was the story, the…

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