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Day #2 of Writing Camp. Last night I started the novel in contemporary omniscient, setting the scene, and then delved into single third, in Sera’s head. After getting frustrated (partly because I switched to past tense as well and I’m so used to writing in present), I started a second beginning (See previous post about my insane creative process) with classical omniscient and then into single third, present tense. Delete the scoop?
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If you’ve been told, either by agents, editors, or crit groups that you have a pacing problem, don’t get overwhelmed. Yes, look at where you enter and exit each scene, but also try this: zoom in to a single plot point or interaction between characters and analyze how you build anticipation. Via Ruth Long , Laura Brown Delete the scoop?
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According to today’s infographic, writing can serve as a calming, meditative tool. Stream of conscious writing exercises, in particular, have been identified as helpful stress coping methods. Keeping a journal, for example, or trying out free-writing exercises, can drastically reduce your levels of stress. Via Dennis T OConnor
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Love that writers' can activate other people's brains by telling stories -- readers experience it as if they have lived it first hand. Ah, the power of a great story. 
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A visual overview of the ways that writing affects the brain. 
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I totaly agree. I think and I prove with myself and my students when they write they remember more. 
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Muy interesante y recomendable este recorrido sobre los efectos de la escritura en nuestro cerebro. Delete the scoop?
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A high school student explains how she discovered the "two dimensions" of writing. Delete the scoop?
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An extensive but by no means exhaustive list of board games that teach vocabulary and word play.
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If you are going to be a writer, you must love the tools of the trade -- words. Delete the scoop?
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Apparel and gifts for frustrated novelists, grumpy poets and other angry writers (and the muses who torment them).
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Lots of gift ideas for the writer in your life. Delete the scoop?
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Mary Oliver is the author of many famous poems, including The Journey, Wild Geese, The Summer Day, and When Death Comes.
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One of my favorite poets. Delete the scoop?
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Would you like to see your e-book published by imprint of Bloomsbury?
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Might kill some scenes and plot points too. But chances are they are well deserved deaths. Delete the scoop?
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I finished an art project recently that made me realize that I have a rather messy creative process. Maybe everyone does, but I doubt everyone ends up with 6 finished pieces where they intended to make one. That would be what happened to me. Delete the scoop?
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Encourages students to learn about ancient Japanese Samurai through reading, repsonding to, and writing haiku.
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Good Haiku Definition pdf and Haiku Organizer pdf. Delete the scoop?
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I owe much of my understanding of suspense and fear on the page to one single terrifying experience.
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What scares you? What haunts you? Use that to write scenes that ring true. Delete the scoop?
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In this fascinating Scientific American article, the authors (Oren Shapira and Nira Liberman) tell us that creativity is not bound by the sole innate characteristics of an individual and can in fact be changed based on situation and context. Via stan stewart Delete the scoop?
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If you go to http://Pear.ly/bKmy9 all the links are there in a map. 
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A very resource-rich slide deck by the wonderful Shelly Terrell. Delete the scoop?
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I’ve taken a step back to look again at how best to tell the story–or, in this case, who best should tell the story. It’s all about perspective, just like with painting. Change perspective and you change what one notices in the picture. Change the POV and you change what the reader can experience in the story.
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Explores the different third-person points of view. Delete the scoop?
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Many avid readers are also avid writers. It only makes sense that someone who loves the beauty of language would want to make a craft of it.
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Slideshow with quotes from famous authors. Delete the scoop?
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The official writing forums of Writer's Beat. Post your stories, share some feedback, read the e-zine, become part of the writing community!
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Where do you write? Center of the room? Perfect Office? Not for me.
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What are you waiting for? The perfect writing environment? Might never happen. Don't be like the exerciser that can't exercise until she buys new workout clothes. Start. Right. Now. Delete the scoop?
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a blog about writing, editing and being published
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Some good tips from author Celia Rees. Delete the scoop?
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writing and use the power of the digital medium to create multimodal, interactive texts. Please add more examples in the comments, I want to keep collecting Via BookChook
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Some intesting ways to tell stories. 
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Various tools and websites that encourage kids and adults to write. Delete the scoop?
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When it comes to creativity, distractions “are a mixed blessing,” according to Christina Rosalie, a writer, mixed-media artist and author of A Field Guide Via MyCreativeTeam
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I really like the number 3 kitchen timer idea. When difficulties arise, it is so easy to walk away, but if I am forced to keep my butt in the chair, often I can push through the problem. Delete the scoop?
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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo returned to his alma mater to give the commencement speech, which attracted many laughs, to 2013 University of Michigan graduates.
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Look at the other great commencement speaches at the end of the article. Inspiring stuff. Delete the scoop?
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Poetry Experts help students develop their own craft to work from idea to published piece. Learn how to craft well-controlled metaphors with U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser. And see how Sylvia Plath used imagery in her poem, "Morning Song". (PDF)
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Students can chat with fellow writers, publish their work, and build their portfolio. Delete the scoop?
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Kidblog and Collaborize Classroom are two tools that work for me in language arts and book clubs. What works for you?
It was word processing that pulled me into technology. I recall many English teachers telling me that word processing was going to ruin writing.
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