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In How To Write Every Day (and why you should), Ali at Daily Writing Tips acknowledges that it’s not easy to write every day, but offers suggestions relevant to daily writing of fiction, journal entries and blog posts.
Some day, I want to finish one (or all) of the three stories I’ve been slogging through for [...]
How to Take Turns in Collaborative Settings is a must-read for anyone who is working on a collaborative writing project or in a play-by-post or forum-based roleplaying game. It talks about how not to hog the scene. Capturing Fantasy has a wealth of advice relevant to online roleplaying and creative writing.
Screw You and Your [...]
Jewell Ravenlock’s Perchance to Dream storyline over at Dragon’s Mark - Red Dragon Inn come as close to perfect as anything I have seen for a FFRP / collaborative writing Playable. What makes it great?
There is an extensive OOC post explaining how to make use of the storyline as a playable event. Jewell takes the [...]
This week’s Recommended Reading list is a bizarre mix. Just click and see what you get. You’ll get no previews from me this time!
Where The Wild Things Are
13 Ways to Quickly Improve Your Decision-Making
Porta Hell No
New… and True… and Trite
Why my mom is the coolest
Time for a change
Let me know what you [...]
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SocialSpark Code [...]
I am too Naughty for Social Spark at 2PhatGeeks crystalized some thoughts I’ve been mulling over for several months.
“In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer.”
–-Mark Twain
When I visit a personal blog, I expect the writing to be clear and honest and alive, not snow white [...]
That infernal Rage, by Chryrie Nightstar at Dragon’s Mark shows a darker side of Chryrie than many have seen.
Were she her normal self, she would’ve been mortified at this behavior. Ashamed to even entertain such ideas. But she wasn’t her normal self right now, was she?
The market was vacant in the wee hours of the [...]
The Search for the Compass, by Katheryne, Daugolozan and Zaleena Veil. The description and dialogue in this one are handled masterfully.
The heat of the bubbling water was reminiscent of the sulphuric swamps of his ancient home, the memories bringing a slow flexing of his claws. Ah, the exuberance of youth, winging through the sulpher and [...]
I was really surprised to see some of the Rhydin stories I’ve been involved in writing at Dragon’s Mark listed in the 2008 Pixie Award Nominations (OOC):
OOC - Best Long SL Thread
Karthalan’s judgement
OOC - Best Written Female Role in Short SL
Hunting
OOC - Best Written Female Role in Long SL
Deal With Devils
OOC - Community Member of [...]
I’ve been following Elf Fu’s LiveJournal for months and months and recently grabbed a feed to her WordPress blog at 2PhatGeeks. (BEST NAME for a blog!) Her photographs are nothing less than amazing and she always shares such thoughtful writing. One of her recent entries gave me serious warm fuzzies. The title says it all: [...]
