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Resource: American Dialect Links
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Today I share another resource. Dialect Guide: American Dialects by Point Park University, a handy site for helping to write authentic dialog. The site is organized by General American, Northern Dialects and Southern Dialects. Under each heading they have Audio Resources, Library Resources, Local Resources (by name), followed by Video Examples, Plays and more. Here…
This Will Change Your Life
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Looking for inspiration that will change your life. This is a great video and the timing couldn’t be more appropriate. Ed explains how variety and having new experiences actually creates new neural pathways in the brain. You want to be smarter? Visit new places, meet new people, get out of your routine and mix it…
100+ Query Letter Examples To Get Noticed
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One of the sources that I found helpful comes from thejohnfox.com 100+ Query Letter Examples (That Got Authors and Agent) The query letters cover are linked and organized by genre. There are a lot of helpful tips and this site should be in every writer’s toolbox. According to thejohnfox.com, a successful query often includes a…
Quick Character Development Hack
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Here’s a quick hack I stumbled on to jump start your character development. Try Horoscope.com to develop your character’s traits. This provides a lot of detailed information and even gives you their birthday range. Take Capricorn for example. From the initial screen, we get an overview of their basic traits as serious, independent, disciplined and…
July & August Writing Contests 2023
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Fiction Factory Flash FictionTop Prize £300Entry Fee: $7Deadline: July 31, 2023 This is an international competition, open to writers from all over the world over the age of 16. Stories may be on any theme, but we sadly do not accept YA or Children’s stories. Genres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Crime, Horror, Humor, Mystery, Science Fiction,…
Outlining your Novel
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Below is the storyboard template that she shares on her site at http://momentumclubs.org/simple-story-outline.html which notes that it is from creativindie.com. This is very similar to the one that I use and will give you a good outline. Whether you write by the seat of your pants, or you outline every scene, it’s helpful to know…
Power of Music, Love & Consciousness
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I find Sadhguru inspirational and listen to his videos regularly. I recommend his Inner Engineering course for learning how to be blissful everyday regardless of world around you. @sadhguru
Strategies
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Here is an overview of my multiprong strategy to becoming a published author and then become a Number One New York Times Best Selling Author. I will be expanding on each of these topics throughout this blog Querying agentsThis assumes one has a completed, polished manuscript. I list more information under resources for how to…
Ed Mylett with The LEGENDARY Troy Aikman – How he stays on TOP of his GAME
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For a source of inspiration, I often look to Ed Mylett @EdMylettShow