"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile
the moment a single man contemplates it,
bearing within him the image of a cathedral."
| Description | File |
| Carol's Voice Exercise | VOICE EXERCISE.htm |
| "Ten Steps to Finding Your Writing Voice" by Holly Lisle |
ARTICLE_Ten Steps finding.htm |
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"Character Voice - What, Why, Where and How" by Michele Albert and Michelle Jerott |
VOICE_Reading 2.htm |
| "Give Your Characters Their Own Voice" by Debra Dixon |
VOICE_Reading 3.htm |
| "The Voice Fairy" by Deb Stover |
VOICE_Reading 4.htm |
| "Tell me a Story" by Gary Glickman |
VOICE_Reading 5.htm |
| "Knowing Your Character's Voices" by Magdalena Ball |
VOICE_Reading 6.htm |
| Additional Reading/Exercise |
VOICE EXERCISE #10.htm |
| Developer | Exercise | Article |
| P&P Group | Writer's Block Exercises.htm | Writer's Block article.htm |
| Developer | Exercise |
| Nancy | Emotional Filter |
| Developer | Exercise |
| Carol | Metaphors are not just for Poets |
| Developer | Exercise | Articles/Documents |
| Jordan | Show vs. Tell Exercise | Show vs. Tell Chart |
| The Showing vs. Telling Continuim |
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| Article: Rachel Simon Show vs. Tell |
| Developer | Exercise | Articles/Documents |
| Mary | Character Exercise | Character Development: Part 1 |
| Character Development: Part 2 | ||
| Character Development: Part 3 |
| Developer | Exercise |
| Lori | Whimsy and Scene Painting Exercise |
| Developer | Exercise |
| Mary M. | Body Language Exercise |
| Developer | Exercise |
| Carol | Description Exercise |
| Additional Exercise |
Carol SETTING Addl EXERCISE.htm |
| More |
EXERCISES_Description.htm |
| Developers | Exercise | Articles, Documents |
| Carol, Rebecca, Joan | Conflict Exercise | |
| Carol, Rebecca, Joan | Plot Outline | |
| Summary |
Article: Theme and Premise |
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| Scene Exercise |
| Developer | Exercise |
| Rebecca | Conflict Exercise |
| Developer | Exercise |
| Lori | Writing with Emotion |
| Developer | Exercise |
| Terri | Characterization Exercise |
| Developer | Exercise |
| Mary | Foreshadowing and Irony |
| Developer | Exercise | Articles, Documents |
| Rebecca | Backstory Exercise | Article: Tricky Backstory |
| Articles re: Backstory | ||
| Backstory without Boredom |
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| The Infodump |
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| Flashbacks |
| Developer | Exercise | Articles, Documents |
| Kathy | Dialogue Exercise | Articles on Dialogue |
| Developer | Exercise | Articles, Documents |
| Carol | Scene Exercise | Scene Checklist |
| 15 Tips to Fire up Your Scene | ||
| Making Sense of Scenes |
| Developer | Exercise |
| Carol | How to Write Humor |