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Not Your Mama’s Character Descriptions

Guest Blogger — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:00:28 +0000

Margie Lawson Does your real or imaginary writing checklist include: Make Character Descriptions Fresh, Unpredictable, Multi-Powerful? If not, it could. Character descriptions can add power on multiple levels. You can treat the reader to something fresh, something they haven’t read before. You can slip in details that deepen characterization too. Character descriptions provide an opportunity […]

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5 Tips For A Ruthlessly Positive Life

Guest Blogger — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:02:50 +0000

Kennedy Ryan I don’t garden. Not even a little bit. My thumbs are so black they are charred, but even I know weeds in a garden cannot be tolerated. This principle, this image of an overrun garden guides me as I think about my life. More specifically, as I manage my heart. One definition of […]

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I Am Not My Book

Guest Blogger — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:00:13 +0000

Kennedy Ryan I have always considered myself a pretty confident person. My parents instilled several things in me early on: And this next one was bedrock. Don’t allow other people’s opinions to change the way you feel about yourself. That lesson especially served me well growing up. Peer pressure for me – almost non-existent. I […]

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