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You Weren’t Born in a Vacuum! – Real Characters from Real Worlds

December 9, 2015
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Guest posts, Help with Characters, Push Your Imagination, World building, Writing Tips and Tools
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Janae Leeke, Guest Contributor: World building is just backwards sociology, piecing together a culture instead of picking it apart. It asks the same questions. What is important to your people? What do they treasure? What do they believe is right and wrong?

Story: Teaching Us to See

November 5, 2015
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Guest posts, Push Your Imagination, The Writing Life
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Brynn Fitzsimmons, Guest Contributor: Literature is a mirror. What do mirrors do? They reflect you as you really are. Likewise, stories are capable, like nothing else, of reflecting the fallen state of the world.

In Someone Else’s Shoes – Developing Empathy by Writing Stories

September 30, 2015
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Rebecca Harrison, Guest Contributer Writers have an amazing and, I believe, unique opportunity to relate to and understand those around us. On a daily basis, we insert ourselves into the shoes of complete strangers, learning who they are, where they come from, why they do what they do.

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Veteran Students on Overcoming Writing Weaknesses, Part 2

September 10, 2015
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Giving and Receiving Critique, Guest posts, Help with Characters, Push Your Imagination, Self-editing Tips, Stuck? Discouraged?, The Writing Life, World building, Writing Tips and Tools
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Compiled by Staff Last week, we asked eight One Year Adventure Novel (OYAN) students to tell us what their biggest area of weakness is in writing, and what strategies they employ to overcome it. This week, we feature another eight experienced OYANers and their responses. We hope their ideas for self-improvement will be useful to you!

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Veteran Students on Overcoming Writing Weaknesses, Part 1

September 1, 2015
Staff Writer
Giving and Receiving Critique, Help with Characters, Push Your Imagination, Self-editing Tips, Stuck? Discouraged?, The Writing Life, Writing Tips and Tools
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Compiled by Staff We asked several One Year Adventure Novel (OYAN) students to tell us what their biggest area of weakness is in writing, and what strategies they employ to overcome it. This week, we feature eight different students and their responses.