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Get Cracking #6: Image Prompt B
Get Cracking #6: Image Prompt B
We're going to return to different types of prompts pretty regularly in these exercises, because they are so effective. Writing to a prompt helps push you out of your comfort zone and routine and can spark
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Get Cracking: Exploring Entryways (Exercise #5)
Get Cracking: Exploring Entryways (Exercise #5)
Mastering story openers that hook the reader and build up to our story is one of the most essential skills for a writer. If we don't give our readers a compelling reason to invest their time in our story
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Get Cracking: Endings (Exercise #4)
Get Cracking: Endings (Exercise #4)
This exercise is based on a personal recommendation from Rowena Harding-Smith to R. Jean Bell (aka bex). Bex has been having trouble finishing stories lately, unless they are microfiction. She gets ideas
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Get Cracking: Writing from an Image Prompt (Exercise #3)
Get Cracking: Writing from an Image Prompt (Exercise #3)
For this exercise, we're going in a very different direction. It's good to mix up what you work on to keep yourself from losing too many other skills while focusing on a particular area. Also if you vary,
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Get Cracking: Using Shows Effectively with POV (Exercise #2)
Get Cracking: Using Shows Effectively with POV (Exercise #2)
The Exercise For this next assignment, we want to stay with the essential territory of shows, but look at how showing integrates with the point of view of our narrating character. Choose a setting or object
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Get Cracking: Show vs. Tell (Exercise #1)
Get Cracking: Show vs. Tell (Exercise #1)
If we want to grow as writers, we need to practice our craft, push our boundaries, and hone our abilities to control the mechanics of the written word. Mastering the rules is essential before you start

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