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Inspired Literary Madness
One thousand, six hundred and sixty-seven words each day. Without stopping for a month. You might have a novel at the end of it. That’s National Novel Writing Month. That’s NaNoWriMo. Here in our forum, each year, the writers gather, … Continue reading
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Tagged Contest, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, novel, Often Inspired, writing
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Commonplace Lovecraft
“Where do you get all your ideas?” That’s a commonplace question for writers of fantastic fiction – horror, science fiction, fantasy. A very uncommon author wrote down a lot of his story ideas in a list called a ‘commonplace book.’ … Continue reading
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Tagged commonplace book, H. P. Lovecraft, Often Inspired, sources, writing
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Hook Them Early
I remember the sweat under my armpits, a dry throat, and gripping the edge of the podium hard to keep from throwing up. Hell is [speaking in front of a large group of] other people. Sometimes I have to speak … Continue reading
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Tagged effective, flop sweat, hook, Often Inspired, public speaking, speaker, speech, William V. Burns
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