Author name: Jarrett

After 13 years of being in education, the desire to write took over. I love writing fiction, screenplays, and technology articles. I hope one day to have a site that you come to on the daily to see what's going on.

Filling in the Cracks - Character Developments

Character Development Exercises – Filling In the Cracks

Last week, we started to plan out our story by developing a few tentpole scenes. This week, we’re going to tackle the filling or those little moments of character development that go between these moments. The following writing exercises will help you flesh out those characters you’ve created. In this part, we get to have […]

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Tips to Creating a Great Story Outline – Plotting a Character Arc with 5 Scenes

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Complete Guide to Creating a Character That Readers Will Love – A Study of Han Solo

Last week, we came up with a few killer themes to work around. The next thing I like to tackle is creating a character that readers will love. Creating a character of your own can be tough work, but if you keep in mind what your theme is, creating a likable character can be much

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Developing a Killer Theme

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NaNoWriMo Preparation – Time to Get Those Ideas Down!

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Fun and Spooky Short Story Prompt: Halloween Haunted House Story

In the spirit of Halloween and trying to get more traffic to the site, I have decided to host a Halloween Short Story Prompt! I will post the prompt on Tuesday and try to write on the prompt myself to post on Friday if you’re interested. I encourage you to write along with me. Once

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The New iPhone 14 Pro Max Impressions – Back to the Max

This year for my iPhone upgrade, I ended up going with the iPhone 14 Pro Max. As I’ve mentioned in some other posts, I’ve been finding myself doing a little more long-form writing on my phone lately -including this post. Doing that writing, my hands felt slightly cramped on the standard iPhone. My fingers overlapped

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Serial Podcast | Adnan Syed Update | Finally, He’s Been Freed

Like most people in 2014, I got sucked into the Serial Podcast. If you weren’t in on the wave of publicity the podcast received, the first season of the Serial Podcast told the true crime story of the murder of Hae Min Lee in 1999. The police focused their investigation on Adnan Syed, Hae’s ex-boyfriend.

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Which iPhone Should I Get? iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, or something else? Which is Best

Wow, that is a quick turnaround compared to normal iPhone events, but yesterday Apple unveiled the newest iPhones in the line at the company’s Far Out Apple Event. When they announced the newest iPhones, the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max, they also sprung the release date of

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Graded | Last Minute Guess for Apple’s iPhone 14 Event: Far Out

Okay, today is the day – Apple’s Far Out event will start later today. While there are some sure things get announced today, I wanted to come back in with some theories and guesses. I don’t really think that these will be true, but using what I’ve heard through the grapevine, I’m going to make

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