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Characterization
Dialogue
Setting
Story-telling
Story-telling - Conflict
Show don't tell
Show don't tell - Involving the senses
Point of view
Inspiration
Literary devices
Write what you know
Miscellaneous
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Characterization |
Imitation
Characterization
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Version 3
Version 4
Character in action
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Version 2
Stereotypes
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Version 2
Version 3
Generation Gap
Let's Talk!
I hear voices
Version 1
Version 2
What's Driving
Version 1
Version 2
Who am I?
Version 1
Version 2
Details details details
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
The other side of the story
Version 1
Version 2
Child's play
Version 1
Version 2
What moves you
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Dialogue |
Dialogue
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Version 2
Version 4
Description within dialogue
Dialog tells the story
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Version 2
Don't Speak To Me That Way
Dissimulation
Misunderstanding
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Version 2
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Setting |
Atmosphere: Tone
Picture It!
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Version 2
Where are we?
What's your view?
Everyone talks about the weather...
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Version 2
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Story-telling |
Transitions
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Version 2
Version 3
Foreshadowing
Take Me Back
A change of pace
Motivations
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Version 2
Aftermath
Version 1
Version 2
In a flash
(Version 1)
(Version 2)
Sing me a story
Version 1
Version 2
Opening up
Version 1
Version 2
I'm sorry!
Fire!
Version 1
Version 2
What drives you?
The road to hell
Version 1
Version 2
Flights of Fancy
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
What's the issue?
Negative capability
Coming full circle
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
Version 4
A Child is Born
Version 1
Version 2
He he he
It's A Crime!
It's a deal.
Patchwork
Wish You Were Here-Postcards
On The Road
The Allowance
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Story-telling
(Conflict) |
Au naturel (person versus nature)
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Version 2
Torn
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Version 2
Version 3
My way or the highway
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
Version 4
Oh God, Why Me
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
Ultimatums
The sky is falling!
Packin' Heat
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Show
don't tell |
Telling looks
Version 1
Version 2
Non-verbal cues
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Version 2
Version 3
Action!
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Version 2
Version 3
Show and tell
version 1
version 2
Every move you make.
Version 1
Version 2
I'm from Missouri
I Thought I Saw...
How To
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Show
don't tell
(involving the senses) |
Involving the senses
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Version 2
Version 3
Version 4
Hush!
Sounds of Silence
Sound off!
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Version 2
Version 3
Lighten up!
Version 1
Version 2
Touch
Version 1
Version 2
Can you taste it?
Take 1
Take 2
Stop and smell the roses
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Version 3
Lights out!
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Version 2
Version 3
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Point of
view |
POV
POV distancing
Omniscient POV
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Version 2: I see all
Version 3
Version 4
Version 5
A different view
A different angle
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Inspiration
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Sayings
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Version 2
Version 3
Version 4
Imaginings
Version 1
Version 2
Two Doors
The doorway
Opening the door
Opening the door (Version 3)
Opening the door (Version 4)
Words words words
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Version 2
Gift
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Version 2
The Power of Persuasion
Don't Say It with Flowers
Fear itself
What's in a Dream?
Memoirs from memories
Every picture tells a story
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
This is classified
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
Memorial
Version 1
Version 2
Overheard
(Version 1)
(Version 2)
(Version 3)
What You Don't Know
Version 1
Version 2
Word Play
Graffiti
Borrowed Words
Give me Five
Epiphany
Villains Make the Story
Version 1
Version 2
Who are these people?
Version 1
Version 2
Gut Feeling
Life Throws a Curve
Wake Up
Money is the motive
Demons Within
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
Family Rules
Something Completely Different
Jumping to conclusions
Idiom Insight
Love Potion #9
Memoir - I remember
Music to my ears
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Literary
devices |
Metaphor
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Version 2
Symbolism
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Version 2
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Version 4
Everyone's a poet!
Similes at work
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Write
what you know |
Remembering...
Remember When--free choice
Remembering beauty
Remembering fear
Remembering peace
Remembering fun
Remembering anger
Remembering embarrassment
Remembering anticipation
Remembering sadness
Remembering awe
Remembering Faith
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Version 2
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Remembering free-for-all
Remembering change
What moves you
Part 1
Part 2
Remembering hatred
Remembering "A-ha!"
Look it up (two-part exercise)
Look it up
Long-term exercise
Is that a fact?
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Miscellaneous |
Free-for-all
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
Version 4
Version 5
Version 6: Second chance
Version 7
Version 8
Not so Free-for-All
Fictional non-fiction
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
Turnabout is fair play
Writing research
Creative Nonfiction
Creative Nonfiction (Version 1)
Creative Nonfiction (Version 2)
Creative Nonfiction (Version 3)
Do your worst
(Version 1)
(Version 2)
Nature writing
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
Death, in a sense
What bugs you?
Missing A's
Memoir
Animal World |
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