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Divorcing Yourself From Your Character

Well now, this is tricky. You’ve had something horrible happen to you…or maybe something great. And you’ve decided to turn it into a story. You fictionalize it, add some magic, some name changes and bam, you have… Crap. You do, … Continue reading

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Where Ideas Come From

The entrance to my office is blocked by a small table and about 50 boxes of paper. On this nefarious table, is a small children’s cup. It’s old, yellowed, and dirtied by pencil and pen marks. It contains paper clip. … Continue reading

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