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78What's better in fiction writing, a plot outline or free flow writing?
by cjcs
This is a question that definitely gets asked more than you'd think. When writers get together, whether face-to-face or virtually, the question of working methods always seems to come up. Freeform vs... published 6 months ago
64CJ's Creative Studio - Building a Story (Part 1)
by cjcs
How do you make a story? Individually, all the tips and hints you get about writing, while useful, are pretty much left for the writer to implement for themselves. This multi-part hub is intended to be a live-as-it-happens exploration in how to put everything together to construct a story. published 6 months ago
66CJ's Creative Studio - 10 Tips on Critiquing for Writers and Readers
by cjcs
Writers often talk about needing readers during certain stages of the writing process. Perhaps the better word would be "critiquers" (I would say "critic", but that has bad connotations). These are the brave souls who read unfinished works and give their opinions about it. Seems easy, but it really isn't. published 5 months ago
65CJ's Creative Studio - Thoughts on Developing Interesting Characters
by cjcs
One topic that can get different writers into an argument concerns the relative importance of plot vs character. What's more important: the events that happen in a story, or the characters and how they... published 6 months ago
59CJ's Creative Studio - Building a Story (Part 4)
by cjcs
Now that we have developed our major characters, it's time we focus our attention on that other aspect of story telling: the plot. published 6 months ago
55CJ's Creative Studio - Exposing Yourself
by cjcs
One of the hardest parts of writing for most authors is to be honest with the reader. It's perfectly understandable... fiction, by definition, is fabrication. It's a lie. So, while the author is busy... published 6 months ago
63CJ's Creative Studio - Story Building Basics
by cjcs
Let's start at the very beginning. It's a very good place to start. In his "Poetics", Aristotle proposed a structure for story telling. It's not that he originated it -- this structure has been around since... published 6 months ago
72CJ's Creative Studio - Sometimes I Airbrush
by cjcs
Though I think of myself first and foremost as a writer, the fact remains that much of the last decade has found me more often doing the art thing. Like most people who do art, I started with pencils,... published 6 months ago
66CJ's Creative Studio - Screenplay Content
by cjcs
Economy of words is important in all forms of writing, but none more so than with screenwriting. See some of what it takes to move from reject pile to the producer's office. published 5 months ago
62CJ's Creative Studio - But I Don't Wanna Rewrite!
by cjcs
Rewriting is a pain in the arse. There's no getting around it. It's time-consuming and often tedious. When you're rewriting yourself, it's even more difficult. Still, this is a huge part of the craft of writing. All writers have to become good at it. published 6 months ago
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