annette young | December 30, 2009
Murder mystery books are always a popular read and if you take a look in your local bookshop, you will see what I mean. We can learn a lot from published authors of this genre if we take the time to do a little
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annette young | December 29, 2009
One of the main reasons that writers fail when writing horror stories is that they are not able to immerse themselves into the plot totally and by this I mean, that, irrespective of how the plot is constructed, the writer should feel the ripples of trepidation in a similar way to the reader.
Writing horror stories in a convincing way means having to scare yourself.
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annette young | December 16, 2009
My inner critic has decided to out itself. No longer is it content to just whisper vile negatives
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annette young | December 15, 2009
Annette Young
I can remember when I first began writing seriously. I wrote completely on instinct and adhered to creative muse allowing that to guide me. My writing was precious, like a new-born baby and I wrapped and coddled it, correcting it, re-writing it and nurturing it through to completion.
I then kept it safe and warm and [...]
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annette young | December 15, 2009
One of the good things about having a blog is that you get to rant occasionally and vent your frustrations and one of my all-time writing hates is when writers submit sub-standard work to publishers. Frankly I don’t understand it
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annette young | December 13, 2009
One of the most important aspects of fiction has to be creating believable characters. It is also, I believe, one of the most difficult aspects of writing for many writers. We can all learn the correct techniques and formulas of fiction writing but creating characters that almost live and breathe
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annette young | December 13, 2009
Why Fast Fiction Projects Work
We have all moaned about having so little time and in this modern, fast-paced society we live in today, I guess that it could be true. However, there are too many demands on our time which do not fulfil us in the creative sense, so it is important that we do [...]
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annette young | December 13, 2009
If I said that writing can be a lonely occupation, I doubt there would be few who would disagree with me, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
We all tend to think of a writer as someone who is locked away in a study for long periods of time, typing away feverishly and only [...]
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annette young | December 13, 2009
Why it happens and how to overcome it…….
I am always being asked what writer’s block is, why it occurs and how to overcome it quickly and easily and those new to writing appear to become especially concerned about suffering with this creative affliction. Quite simply, although it can be caused by any number of reasons, [...]
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annette young | December 11, 2009
It’s true – procrastination destroys the opportunities for writing success!
From amateur to professional, procrastination delays and prevents writers from…well…writing!
Ok, it is fair to say that we are creative beings and that for many of us, the sheer joy of writing is aided and abetted by that creative muse striking and a need to capture [...]
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