As if all the other things I’ve done haven’t been daunting enough, this is the most daunting yet. Looking at a blank page can be scary. Hopefully, by this point in the writing process, I’m pretty excited in my story and I’m ready to go, but sometimes I might be overwhelmed by how I’m going […]
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So…. Pretty much everything that Apple is revealing in regards to the iPhone has leaked on 9to5mac.com but the price. Looks like there will be 3 models as predicted. The iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs max, and the iPhone Xr (the low cost one supposedly) The Xs (and max) will come in 64, 256, and a
On Wednesday, Apple will be holding its annual iPhone event.
While I’m not invited, I will be trying to follow along with the news as it’s coming out, since I’m an avid Apple and tech fan.
Here’s what I’m expecting and excited about, plus some speculation.
This month, Apple Music released a documentary called Songwriter. In the documentary, Ed Sheeran’s cousin follows him around with a camera while making his latest album ÷ (Deluxe).
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Before I start writing, I have one more step, and I think it’s the most important. I go through my scenes to figure out a couple of things in each: emotions and action.
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Here’s Part 3 of my series on how I write. I’m going to be talking about structure of the story here, and the tool that I usually use: Scrivener. If you are a writer that writes long form, I would highly recommend getting and getting used to Scrivener. However, everyone’s process is different, so you can read what I have and adapt as you need too.
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So this image has been turned over in my head. I’ve started to figure out some of the character aspects.
If there’s a character in my image, I need to know why (s)he is there. What brought that character here, what makes the character tick.
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I’ve been asked by friends and former students of mine about my process of writing. So this series will be going over the process I use. While I’m not a published author, I do aspire to be one. So here is my current writing process The idea Most of my writing starts with an idea or
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Supporting our travel hobby has not been easy on our pocketbooks. We aren’t rich, I’m just a poor school teacher, so finding ways to get out of town and not go broke has been challenging. Using points helps to make the cost of travel a little easy. To maximize your free travel, the first thing
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Over the years, I’ve been asked to help tennis players pick out a racket. There is no rule for what type of racket someone should use, but I’ve learned some secrets that players have used to help them pick out a racket to stick with. So these are the things I usually tell someone when
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