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Overthinking and Underthinking in Plotting

I often see writers debate about which is preferable, “plotting” or “pantsing.” Plotting refers to diligently lay out your story’s plot before writing in earnest, using outlining or some similar method. True plotters may create outlines so detailed that they

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Skip Tracer, part 5

part 4 Two of Frank’s co-workers strode out of the garage, each wearing gray coveralls covered in grease. Between the pair, I estimated an extra sixty pounds of belly fat. They’d likely have heart attacks before they caused me much

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mirrored

        oily mirror. silver tarnished. reflects nothing but the stains you left behind. time to let you go.

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Skip Tracer – 4

Part 4 of Skip Tracer. Part 3 I choked a little, but managed to regain my composure before I made a fool of myself. Mina gave me a pretty intense look that I couldn’t read. Maybe she thought I was

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Skip Tracer Schedule

Okay, I’m still taking feedback as to how often people would be interested in reading the web serial, Skip Tracer, but it seems to be falling to between 2 and 3 times per week. I’ve also analyzed my blogs, and

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every morning, when u rise

every morning, when you rise they’ll shout the gloom and whisper hope. but truth is what your heart accepts, hear the whispers and you’ll cope. every morning, when you rise bruised and battered, full of fail sing the song that

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sicks

at three i wuz a smart kid. i’d dress myself, spoke the king’s english, didn’t wet the bed, or shit on the cats. i remembered what i was supposed to and especially what i was told to forget. i remembered

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So, I Have a Question …

It would be ever so helpful if you help me schedule my web serial by answering the short poll below. I have days worth of updates written, but want to know how often to post. Merci beaucoup. (That’s French for

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Skip Tracer Part 3

Part 3 of Skip Tracer. Find parts 1 & 2 here. The next morning I got up early – well, early for me, especially considering I’d spent a few hours working the local bars. I’d traced my skipper to this

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Skip Tracer Update

In the absence of input, I’ve decided to update my web serial, Skip Tracer, on Mondays and Fridays, starting this Friday, 17 May 2013. I’ve also added a page (see above) to make it easy to keep track of the

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