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Gathering Information - Chapter 3 -A continuation of The Green Door Prompt (Day 13 of the Freewrite Challenge - Roadblocks)

https://i.postimg.cc/XqGZNNBC/door-3197460-1920.jpg Orignal Picture I used for the1st prompt https://i.postimg.cc/Qd3VQS1w/house-768707-1920.jpg Last 3 paragrap...

The Key - Chapter 3 - A continuation of The Green Door Prompt (Day 10 of the Freewrite Challenge - Lucky)

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/03/03/13/56/key-2114046960720.jpg Orignal Picture I used for the1st prompt https://i.postimg.cc/Qd3VQS1w/house-768707-1920.jp...

The Green Door - Chapter 2 - The Nightmare

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2014/02/19/22/51/horror-270304960720.jpg Chapter 2 - The Nightmare      It was after midnight before I ma...

The Green Door - Chapter 1 - The Mangled Shoe

https://i.postimg.cc/DfSWnS7j/leather-shoes-402208-1920.jpg Chapter 1 - The Mangled Shoe      Dr. Smith sat back in his chair and scrat...

Hazardous - Chapter 2 -A continuation of The Green Door Prompt (Day 8 of the Freewrite Challenge - Our Greatest Journey)

https://i.postimg.cc/XqGZNNBC/door-3197460-1920.jpg Last 3 sentences from part 7      "I didn't know." I messaged my temples.  &nb...

How to Construct Scenes in Your Story Using Plus & Minus Formula

https://i.postimg.cc/BQTqdrf1/985f78d3e307594d14fef2f0669127ae-writing-letters-writing-desk.jpg      One of the main reasons for reject...

Are Writers Born or Made

https://i.postimg.cc/yW4M9vG2/C-S-Lewis-1.jpg      One some shape or form, this question is one of the oldest in recorded history. “Are...

Invest in Yourself Finding Your True Talent:

     Each and every one of you has a gift you can use to create your life and impact the lives of other people. Inside of us are hidden...

Basic Guide to Playwriting: How to Write a Play

  As a writer there is times when an idea is present but isn’t a good fit for the standard novel form, so, I have found these ideas work best in play-...

The Writer: Creating Personalities For Your Characters

  Read any great book and you will discover dynamic characters with unique personalities. A character without a personality is a dead and dull charact...

The Writer: How to Self-Edit Your Story

  Learning to self-edit your manuscripts will polish your work and make it shine, giving it a professional and presentable look.  3 Stages  ...

10 Quotes on writing by Bertrice Smalls

     1. “Whether you like or dislike a book is a personal taste. I love the reviews that are favorable, and am grateful to those reviewers. ...

3 Qualities of Experienced Traders

  Most people lose money in the market due to a lack o due diligence, basic understanding of risk vs reward, and trade with emotions, resulting in hug...

10 Quotes on Writing by F. Scott Fitzgerald

1. “You must begin by making notes. You may have to make notes for years.... When you think of something, when you recall something, put it where it belongs. Pu...

The Writer: Writing Poetry

          When I feel the need that something I want to say needs special attention, shape, and sound, I write poet...

10 Quotes on Writing by H.P Lovecraft

        1. “It is necessary … to caution the beginner to keep a reliable grammar and dictionary always beside him, that he ma...

The Writer: Plotting Suspense

https://s25.postimg.org/qw50e971b/woman-19276061280.jpg   “I couldn’t stop reading. I couldn’t put the book down. My heart was thumping; I had to know...

10 Quotes on Writing by Dan Brown

1. “I begin the process with some general ideas and themes—for example, Dante, Florence, overpopulation. Before beginning to write, I spend a lot of time resear...

10 Quotes on writing by C. S. Lewis

    1. “Always write (and read) with the ear, not the eye. You should hear every sentence you write as if it was being read aloud or spoken. If i...

10 Quotes on Writing by David Baldacci

1. “I’m not a words-per-day kind of guy. I always felt that if you have an artificial number, it probably means that you don’t want to be writing, anyway. If yo...