Monthly Archives: May 2013

Shelly Lowenkopf’s Blog: No Trespassing Signs in Story

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M. W. Catlin‘s insight:

A good piece on embracing the dark passenger(s), in your antagonists and conflict characters.

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Red Flags: Shortcuts That Agents & Editors Will Use To Reject Your Writing – Writer’s Relief, Inc.

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M. W. Catlin‘s insight:

A nice piece specifically for my novelist friends…but, some of this is just plain common sense for any writer of any genre or form. 

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The Writer’s Technique in Thirteen Theses: Walter Benjamin’s Timeless Advice on Writing

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“The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself.”

“Write with the d

M. W. Catlin‘s insight:

"Keep your pen aloof from inspiration, which it will then attract with magnetic power. The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself. Speech conquers thought, but writing commands it."  A brilliant bit of thinking.   These 13 ideas are honey to any writer.

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