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How Can I Make My Fiction More Unappealing?

Fiction Every Bit as Appealing as Protose
Fiction Every Bit as Appealing as Protose

Early in my fictional career as a literary writer, I established milestones that would build my confidence on my way to publishing success.

The first milestone: profoundly impact at least one person with …

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Illiterary Fiction – Faces

illiterary writing style - gibbon says, "i am not a monkey"
I am not a monkey

Illiterary fiction excels at showing, showing with a profundity of adverbs and exceptional adjectives. Dictionary inspired descriptions that convey the most erudite worlds. With copious plot twists, illiterary fiction is surprisingly uninspiring.

Her face, bilious …

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Forget Self-Publishing. You-Publishing is the Future of Publishing

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It’s only a matter of time before self-publishing becomes the next traditional publishing, an outmoded, outdated form of publishing. You-publishing is the next wave of publishing. With you-publishing, you publish my novels and collections of short stories. You-publishing can be …

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Character List for November Novel

Schlafen Ahab and Other Fiction Characters

Schlafen Ahab and Other Fiction Characters

  • Gerald Freund. Protagonist. Private detective solving a mystery in the town of Romulus, Michigan. German born, he is not on good terms with his father, due to his marriage to an imaginary Turkish woman.
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Literary Writing versus Technical Writing

So you’re waist-deep in a creative writing degree, when your half-baked plan to be a literary wonder stalls. Perhaps, you should have been a technical writer. People keep saying that technical writers are always in demand. Technical writing would certainly …

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Creative Writing Prompt – Leaping Lemurs

This video prompt gives you the chance to practice writing a few rungs lower on the evolutionary ladder.

After viewing the video begin writing.

  • Don’t post your fiction in the comments below.
  • If you have a blog or web site,

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11 Moments for the Unpublished Writer

Moments that grip, surprise, twist, amuse, frighten, and seduce have no business in fiction. The unpublishable writer must consider half-baked, haphazard moments. The story won’t elevate to the level of unreadable unless it’s stuffed full of these moments.

  • The moment
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Moby Dick in Chopsticks Writing Style

Fiction writing style that features repetition and more repetition.

Tale of Whale

Tale of a Whale

The Chopsticks style was pioneered by Fred Schonell and popularized by William S. Gray and Zerna Sharpin of Dick and Jane fame. Its popularity peaked during the …

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Creative Writing Prompt – Spiderman Video

Here is a creative writing prompt that you may find entertaining if not useful: Pan-Handling Spiderman in Amsterdam. The prompt is quite simple. First, view the following video.

After viewing the video begin writing. You can write any sort of …

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Run-On Fiction Writing Style

Fuel for the Run-On Fiction Writing StyleFuel for the Run-On Fiction Writing Style

The stream-of-consciousness style attempts to replicate the unfiltered discontinuous thoughts of a character and often features a loose style and structure, violating conventional rules of grammar, punctuation, syntax, and logic. Run-On Fiction attempts …

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