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Comment on Story Starters by SUNDAY SITE SWEEP: Five Fab Sites for Beating Writer’s Block - Alison Runham

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:53:01 +0000

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Comment on Links by Vince McLeod

Vince McLeod — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:20:59 +0000

I have a personal favourite called the Story Generator, which I think would make a good addition to your list. There is a flash program that generates story kernels as well as articles about plot and character generation. It is at http://storygenerator.net.

Comment on YW Workshop – Part 4 by Julie

Julie — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:02:09 +0000

Hi Katrina,

I agree that not having a solid story outline is an exciting way to write your story. This is always a very individual choice that should boil down to “whatever keeps you writing”. Some people outline in great details, others treat an outline as a very general guideline and others write by the seat of their pants. Knowing your characters, however, is a little different. It is again a personal writing choice, but, for me, the more intimately I know my characters, the easier it is for me to let them take control of the story. Again, the most important thing is that you are writing!

Comment on Software by Hans Albanese

Hans Albanese — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:02:12 +0000

Hi,
I wrote the Mac software reviews here on Scriptorium, but I have been using Ubuntu Linux for the past few years. It is a good system if you are fairly comfortable around computers, and I recommend it.
To that end, and I wrote a review of the software for writers on my home page.
If there are any writers running Ubuntu Linux, please check it out at writingisdreaming.com

Hans Albanese

Comment on Glossary by Bettyjean

Bettyjean — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:12:31 +0000

Thanks…wealth of informaiton!

Comment on YW Workshop – Part 4 by Katrina

Katrina — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:41:14 +0000

Character Sketch:
Name: Marge (nick-named Twighlight)
Gender: Female
Description: Teen working at Nasa (16yr). Crush on a guy named Jasone and best friends with Brett(Duskdawn). Lived in Missouri and is a major country girl. Loves her Mom, her dad is ‘dead’ from a secret Nasa mission disaster to pluto. She has hazel eyes, love sea food and asian food. Obsessed with chocolate.
She’s me.

Comment on YW Workshop – Part 4 by Katrina

Katrina — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:34:44 +0000

I hear this stuff a lot. But has anyone ever thought of letting your characters run the story? It is so much fun and interesting and even you as an author doesn’t even know where it is going. I wrote a (Non-publishe) book about a girl and there are at the very least 3 places where even I had no clue what-so-ever that what happened was going to happen. Granted, some will not be able to do that, but I strongly recommend it if you can. you may be surprised what a good read your story/book/etc. will be by doing so.
: )

Comment on Editorial by Sue Fagalde Lick

Sue Fagalde Lick — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:44:01 +0000

In response to September’s editorial…
I have the same problem, Sherry. Always too many works in progress. Two things help me. Think about what you’d do first if you found out you only had a short time to live. Do that. Second, my desk timer is incredibly helpful. Take one project, set the timer for an hour or whatever, and just work on that project. Don’t think about anything else. That way something actually gets done.

I love the new look.

Comment on Links by Jaimie

Jaimie — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:43:53 +0000

I would like to suggest an additional link for your resources.

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