Make sure you have read Part 1 and Part 2 before you read the dramatic conclusion! The House Guest: Part 3 Two uneventful weeks went by. Stephanie never let her guard down, but Her edge wore off after a few days. She realized she had built up fear in her head. She didn’t feel […]
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“Well, what the hell do you think I am?” The crotchety old man said as he shuffled his feet into the guest bedroom. “I think you are tired, Grandpa,” Kevin said as he tried to lead his grandfather toward the room, but the old man didn’t want anyone to touch him. He was slow and
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Assisted Psychopaths By Jarrett S. Smith -Are you there, Michael? -I am. Who are you? -I am your conscious. -I don’t have one of those. -I know. I have been developed to help you learn about your conscience. -But I don’t have one. -You do now. Dr. Ben Grant had spent the better part of
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Thank you all that have already stopped by and shared the site up to this point. I never really intended for this site to be an Apple only focused site, but right now, that’s what’s bringing in the page views. I love writing about Apple, but I hope to fill in the cracks with
Part 6 of my how I write series. I talk briefly about editing.
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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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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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The Wall Between By Jarrett S. Smith It was hotter today than it had been in a while. Parith wiped the sweat off his brow as he pedaled the last few feet to his station. The wall loomed in front of him just like it did every day. Parith had been stationed at the wall