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Topic: What's your point of view? Setup: Writing a story, whether it's a short-short story or an epic novel, requires many decisions on the part of...
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Find out more about Sara: Sara Humphries writes everything from children’s stories to essays, poems to novels. She is passionate about the craft and is working toward completing and pitching the first novel in a contemporary cozy mystery series. Her goal as Des Moines’ Creative Writing Examiner is to help her fellow writers develop a sense of community. Contact Sara at this address and check out her personal writing blog at writegirldsm.com. |
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. - Henry David Thoreau Setup: I love reading quotes from other writers. F....
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Topic: panic room Setup: I'm always on the lookout for writing prompts to share here on Examiner.com. Sometimes I use one from my own collection,...
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My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It's the letter I use to spell yuzz-a-ma-tuzz. You'll be sort of surprised what there is to be found...
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Topic: writing through the blues Setup: It's not always possible to block out your life when it comes to writing. Tragedies happen and, on a lesser...
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The Central Iowa region of NaNoWriMo filled the Borders bookstore cafe in West Des Moines last night as the group hosted another nightly write-in....
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National Novel Writing Month is all about giving a month of your life to writing. But what does that mean? As with most things in life, personal...
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Topic: blah blah blah Setup: "Don't have your characters speak to other characters in dialogue for pages on end. In real life, the only time...
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Topic: plan your ideal writing getaway Setup: "If I could just take a month off - away from work and family and responsibilities - I'd rent a...
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Topic: review your own book Setup: It's the future and you have finished your book. It has been revised and polished within an inch of its life and...
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