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Author M. Pax

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WIP Wednesday: Word Vomit and Victory
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November 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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Five Great Quotations about What is a Writer

“Writing is something you do alone. It’s a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don’t want to make eye contact while doing it.” – John Green“A writer – and, …

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November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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Layer story’s imagery with symbolic meaning

Descriptions and imagery can carry additional levels of meaning by being presented as figurative language. Such wording compares two items, usually by giving one symbolic meaning.For example, …

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November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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Replace your old books with the books you’ve always wanted to write

Your love of writing probably arises from a love of reading. Books and the stories in them – whether it be Dr. Seuss’ rhymes, the adventures of teen vampires in a YA novel, or a stunning piece…

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November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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Express your gratitude by continuing to write!

To stop writing is to deny all who helped you become a better writer.No one improves without the support of another. There were the teachers who taught you to read and write. There were the pa…

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November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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5 Great Quotations about Story Ideas

“‘Where do you get your ideas?’…the answer is: Confluence. Things come together. The right ingredients and suddenly: Abracadabra!” – Neil Gaiman“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a c…

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November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM

Corinne Demas

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Amazing to see DAUGHTERS billboard across the street from Penn Station in New York. www.corinnedemas.com/books/daught...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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Types of lists you can create for your book

Among the best ways to convey information in your nonfiction book is through a list. Lists are easy for readers to scan, and later when needing to recall key takeaways, they can be found quickly.Li…

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November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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Benefits, pitfalls of flat characters

When a character doesn’t change and is fairly uncomplicated, it is said to be a flat character. Its opposite is a round character, which has dimension and develops over the course of the story.Typi…

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November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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Indefinite pronouns: Singular or plural?
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Indefinite pronouns: Singular or plural?

In most cases, we know if a pronoun is singular (referring to one person or thing) or plural (referring to two or more people or things) – she, me and I are singular while us, them, and they are pl…

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November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM

Gary Kruse

@garykruseauthor.bsky.social

Good morning #skywriters! 😎🤙🏻

We’re halfway through the week.

Went back and fixed a scene that had been niggling at me in Badlands 2 last night. As written it threw up a couple of plot holes, so these are fixed now.

How’s your #WIP going?

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November 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM