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A very useful demonstration of the importance of sentence length.

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Character is a set of walls, like the four walls of a squash court. They are the boundaries of what a fictional person can do. Things happen and a person reacts. He cannot have a reaction outside the walls of “character.” For the most part the hero cannot, due to his moral nature, gun down a defenseless man. This wall of his character makes him appealing but, in certain emergencies, limits his range of action.

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I'm trying to get back to regular posting. Life has been a little crazy so I'm also trying to get back to writing regularly as well. I'm working on edits for my NaNo novel from 2013. It's my priority right now. I already bought a cover for it (It's a surprise) and I'm super excited about it. I'm going to participate in NaNo again this year but I'm not sure what I'm going to work on yet. So excited to start up again!

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Hey Larra. I was just wondering how you are and what you've been up to. I noticed you haven't posted anything in ages and I really miss seeing you on my dash. Hope you're well and that you're still writing!

I don't know when this was submitted but I am still doing a bit of writing. Life got a little crazy but at least I have some more material to write about, eh? Thanks for asking!

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Don’t fall into the danger of comparing your writing to anyone else’s. I believe that is the darkest place imaginable for a writer. You’re never going to write like your favorite writer because, just like them, you have a unique voice and you’re the only one with it.

You write beautifully and there will always be someone better than you and someone worse, but there will never be anyone who can do what you can. Keep going and write like no one’s reading!

#Those notes tho #keep it up #write on #writers

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I’m not a big fan of inspiration. I’m too old to sit and wait for the muse to give me a little kiss… I write a lot, and I’m not afraid to make mistakes or to write badly. I can always fix something weak and dull. But I can’t fix a blank page.

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Never.Stop.Writing. Those words that you think are pathetic, that you think aren’t good enough, that you think nobody would ever want to read..could be the words that save somebody’s life. Write to inspire others. Write to inspire yourself.

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The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning.

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This checklist can be used during both planning and editing stages.

Your Protagonist

Does your protagonist have a personality beyond being heroic and nice?

Does your protagonist have agency?

Does your protagonist’s personality change?

Did your protagonist have a life and relationships...

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It was a shocking thing to say and I knew it was a shocking thing to say. But no one has the right to live without being shocked. No one has the right to spend their life without being offended. Nobody has to read this book. Nobody has to pick it up. Nobody has to open it. And if you open it and read it, you don’t have to like it. And if you read it and you dislike it, you don’t have to remain silent about it. You can write to me, you can complain about it, you can write to the publisher, you can write to the papers, you can write your own book. You can do all those things, but there your rights stop. No one has the right to stop me writing this book. No one has the right to stop it being published, or bought, or sold or read.

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