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29
OCT
2017

A small horror (?) story

Let me start by wishing Happy Halloween to everyone who celebrates it!! I know it's in two days time, but since I only post here…

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08
OCT
2017

I miss reading

Admittedly, the one I thing I've missed the most during the past few months when I started at my new job is being able to…

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25
JUN
2017

Elements of Horror

I'm in the process of publishing my second short story, most likely in a month's time. It's a horror story, titled At Horizon's End. Horror…

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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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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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20
JUL
2014

Scene Elements

Ever since I started writing (granted, it's not that long) I found it easier to break my work down into scenes and work my stories…

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