Searching for the Right Words? Tip #29

On 15/07/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Grammar, Word Choice

This series aims to help writers use the right words to express their meaning and emotional content. All thoughts and comments are welcome. As a writer, you want to inspire readers with joy, stoke their terrors, romance them with love, overwhelm them with horror. This set of posts examines ways of influencing mood by selecting …

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Searching for the Right Words? Tip #28

On 12/07/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Grammar, Word Choice4 Comments

This series aims to help writers use the right words to express their meaning and, more importantly, the feelings of their characters. All thoughts and comments are welcome. As a writer, you want to inspire readers with joy, stoke their terrors, romance them with love, overwhelm them with horror. This set of posts examines ways …

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Progress on the WIP: SciFi in the Making.

On 10/07/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Fiction, Mars, Progress2 Comments

The end of the week, and I’ve ended up with 87,150 words at the end of this 2nd rewrite. I’ve spent a fair amount of the time available in moulding passages originally created for the pov’s of 4 antagonists so that each is consistent. It’s difficult to get into the mind-set of evil people, so …

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Searching for the Right Words? Tip #27

On 08/07/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Grammar, Word Choice6 Comments

This series is aimed at helping writers use the right words to express their meaning. All thoughts and comments are welcome. As a writer, you want to inspire readers with joy, stoke their terrors, romance them with love, overwhelm them with horror. This set of posts examines ways of influencing mood by selecting the ‘right’ …

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Searching for the Right Words? Tip #26

On 05/07/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Grammar, Word Choice

This series is aimed at helping writers use the right words to express their meaning. Your thoughts and comments are welcome. As a writer, you want to inspire readers with joy, stoke their terrors, romance them with love, overwhelm them with horror. This set of posts examines ways of influencing mood by selecting the ‘right’ …

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Searching for the Right Words? Tip #25

On 01/07/201601/07/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Grammar, Word Choice

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Searching for the Right Words? Tip #24

On 28/06/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Grammar, Word Choice

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Searching for the Right Words? Tip #23

On 24/06/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Grammar, Word Choice4 Comments

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Searching for the Right Words? Tip #22

On 21/06/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Grammar, Word Choice

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Searching for the Right Words? Tip #21

On 17/06/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Fiction, Word Choice

This series is aimed at helping writers find the right words to express their meaning. Your thoughts and comments are welcome. You want to inspire readers with joy, stoke their terrors, romance them with love, overwhelm them with horror. This set of posts examines ways of influencing mood by selecting the ‘right’ words for the …

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Searching for the Right Words? Tip #20

On 14/06/201614/06/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Grammar, Word Choice

This series aims at helping writers find the right words to express their meaning. Your thoughts and comments are welcome. Do you want to inspire readers with joy, stoke their terrors, romance them with love, overwhelm them with horror? This set of posts looks at ways of influencing mood by selecting the ‘right’ words for …

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A Gentle Post About Book Reviews.

On 12/06/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Review6 Comments

Tempted to invite me to review your book? I receive a good number of ‘pitch’ letters sent via the contact page on this website. Let me point out to all authors, their agents, and publishers, eager to do the same for their books that I’ve signed the True Review Pledge. That means I write honest …

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Searching for the Right Words? Tip #19

On 10/06/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Grammar, Word Choice

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Searching for the Right Words? Tip #18

On 07/06/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Grammar, Word Choice2 Comments

This series aims at helping writers find the right words to express their meaning. Your thoughts and comments are welcome. Do you want to inspire readers with joy, stoke their terrors, romance them with love, fill them with horror? This set of posts looks at ways of influencing mood by selecting the ‘right’ words for …

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Searching for the Right Words? Tip #17

On 03/06/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Word Choice

This series aims at helping writers find the right words to express their meaning. Your thoughts and comments are welcome. Do you want to inspire readers with joy, stoke their terrors, romance them with love, fill them with horror? This set of posts looks at ways of influencing mood by selecting the ‘right’ words for …

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