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Creative Writing Exercises for Worldbuilding

February 25, 2011 by Kathy Steffen 7 Comments
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Whatever you are writing, use these next questions to guide you as you discover your world. These writing prompts are a jumping off point to help uncover details and see beneath the surface of your world.

Posted in: Writing Prompts Tagged: creative writing exercises, fiction, ideas, inspiration, muse, worldbuilding, writing prompts

Jump-Start Your Imagination: Creative Writing Exercises

January 28, 2011 by Kathy Steffen Leave a Comment
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Welcome to the Jump-Start Your Imagination series. On the last Friday of every month, we’ll post lots of different creative writing exercises and writing prompts for you to try. These are a great way to jump-start your imagination and kick-start the right creativity-side of your brain into high gear. They can be used as a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Writing Craft, Writing Prompts Tagged: creative writing exercises, fiction, ideas, inspiration, muse, writing prompts

Looking for Writing Motivation? Celebrate Success!

December 24, 2010 by Kathy Steffen 2 Comments
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Sometimes writing motivation can be hard to come by. No matter what you write, committing to live the writer’s life is a life-changing journey, inside and out. Writing is an enormous amount of work and at times feels as if there is no reward. The writing life is full of rejection and pitfalls. But then … [Read more…]

Posted in: Inspiration, Writing Life Tagged: fiction, inspiration, novel writing, writing motivation

National Novel Writing Month: Lonely No More

November 1, 2010 by Kathy Steffen 1 Comment

Think of a writer. What do you see? A solitary figure scribbling away in a musty garret? A lone figure on a beach or writing in a cabin in the woods? Sure, writing can be a lonely, introspective undertaking, but these days—even if you live in a remote area—you can receive encouragement and meet others … [Read more…]

Posted in: Inspiration, Writing Life Tagged: fiction, inspiration, NaNo, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, nonfiction, writer's block, writing, writing life, writing tools

(Romance) Writing 101 or How to Write a Romance…or any Novel

October 15, 2010 by Bobbi Dumas 1 Comment

by Bobbi Dumas (Bobbi Dumas is a regular columnist at The How To Write Shop, covering the romance beat. This is her first post.) While this regular post will be about all things romance (from a writing perspective), I wanted to start out with a simple overview of some things that might help you get started. A … [Read more…]

Posted in: Inspiration Tagged: creative writing, critique group, fiction, how to write, NaNoWriMo, novels, romance, writing groups

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