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Creating Characters That Are Uniquely Yours

January 16, 2023
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Help with Characters, Push Your Imagination, Writing Tips and Tools
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By Megan Mestel, Student Contributor Have you ever found yourself staring at your newest character you’ve created and can’t shake the feeling that you’ve seen them somewhere else before? No, I’m not talking about that one guy you saw at…

Susan Sader: Interview With a One Year Adventure Novel Writer & Artist

May 17, 2019
Tineke Bryson
Guest posts, Push Your Imagination, The Writing Life
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TINEKE: Hi, Susan. It's lovely to be featuring you on the One Year Adventure Novel today. For those who don't already know you—you're both a writer and an artist. Tell us a little about the type of art you do.

Free Gifts of the Writing Life

May 16, 2018
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Guest posts, Push Your Imagination, Stuck? Discouraged?, The Writing Life
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By Collin Suttle, Student Contributor Have I been grateful for writing enough? Not for the things I write, but for the gifts that writing gives me even before I open a notebook? The answer is, of course, “Not at all.” So, in the interest of mindfulness, the cultivation of a thankful spirit, and list-making, here is my Top Five Gifts That Writing Gives Me, with some significant help from Anne Lamott and Bird By Bird.

Blogs Are Always Right (And Other Misconceptions)

May 7, 2018
Tineke
Push Your Imagination, Stuck? Discouraged?, The Writing Life, Writing Tips and Tools
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By Lydia DeGisi, Student Contributor When I was probably around eleven years old, I read a nonfiction book called Plot by a woman named Ansen Dibell. It was published in 1988, is considered a writing craft cornerstone by no one, and is criticized on Amazon for covering little original ground. I loved it, reading and rereading Plot in the same manner I read novels.

Spirituality: A Forgotten Key to Character Development

November 20, 2017
Student Contributor
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By Hannah Tacci, Student Contributor Your characters are more than the things that happen to them. They have an inner life—a spirit—and so their character development needs to reflect that.