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LIFE ISN’T STERILE ASSIGNMENT
This is my scene based on the assignment on writing incorporating the other senses besides sight found here: https://authoramiegibbons.wo...
amiegibbons15
Jan 22, 20153 min read
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LIFE ISN’T STERILE – YOUR SCENES SHOULDN’T BE
Life isn’t sterile – your scenes shouldn’t be either. I’m a little biased because I’m practically blind and make up for that with good...
amiegibbons15
Jan 16, 20155 min read
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EDITING – THE I HATE MY WHOLE DAMN NOVEL PHASE
Right now I’m trying to do a big picture edit of The Gods Defense, just making sure the plot all makes sense and no subplots get cut off...
amiegibbons15
Jan 5, 20153 min read
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TOP WRITERS POSTS FOR 2014
Stole this idea from a writer’s blog I love (http://ryanlanz.com/), and am posting my best and most popular blog posts on writing from...
amiegibbons15
Jan 4, 20151 min read
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A NOVEL IS A SEDUCTION
Alright, first of all, sorry about the neglect the past two weeks. I’m home for the holidays (check the pretty pretty pic) and they have...
amiegibbons15
Dec 29, 20147 min read
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WRITER’S CRISIS! – THE FINAL BATTLE EDITION
No!  Not again.  I moan, I whine, I rend garments.  My brain is wrung out like a junkie.  See?  I’m mixing my similes over here.  It’s...
amiegibbons15
Dec 9, 20143 min read
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PEP TALK FROM JIM BUTCHER DURING NANO
This is a pep talk from Jim Butcher from the final week of Nanowrimo. Â It is quite possibly my favorite one, not surprising since I love...
amiegibbons15
Dec 5, 20143 min read
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NEED HELP FINDING WORD COUNT GRAPHICS
I need help.  One of the great things about Nanowrimo was the chart keeping track of your words.  You’d write and click on your word...
amiegibbons15
Dec 4, 20141 min read
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NANO’S OVER! I CAN BE LAZY NOW BECAUSE I’M DONE, RIGHT?
No, you’re not done! You’re a writer. There is no done. There is simply the next chapter, next rewrite, next story. Nanowrimo is...
amiegibbons15
Dec 2, 20142 min read
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LAST DAY OF NANO STEP BY STEP SURVIVAL GUIDE
So, we’ve made it. The last day of Nanowrimo, where you’re either celebrating, writing furiously to meet the finish line, or scowling at...
amiegibbons15
Nov 30, 20142 min read
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I WON NANOWRIMO!
I hit 50,000 words today, and won Nano! Not done yet though. I have hit the final battle, the climax of the novel, and probably have...
amiegibbons15
Nov 29, 20141 min read
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Setting – Using Pinterest
I am saying this up front, I am BAD at setting. I will do a quick description like living room, and move on because I like action and...
amiegibbons15
Nov 28, 20142 min read
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20 NANOWRIMO CHALLENGES
In the Nashville chatroom, we have a computer bot named Timmy that is creepily good at responding to us. We’ll post and he’ll talk to...
amiegibbons15
Nov 23, 20142 min read
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WEEK THREE WRITER’S CRISIS! TIME FOR AN EXPLOSION!
So you’ve been writing your novel for Nanowrimo and you’ve been chugging along, churning out words every day.  Maybe you fell behind a...
amiegibbons15
Nov 20, 20143 min read
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NANOWRIMO PEP TALKS FROM THE WRITERS
Hey guys, I’m saying up front nothing in this post is my work and I claim none of it (I make that so obvious to satisfy the lawyer in me...
amiegibbons15
Nov 12, 20147 min read
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YOU’RE NOT LAZY IF YOU’RE TRYING TO WRITE AND JUST CAN’T – ASK YOURSELF WHAT
I’ve been doing Nano this month and so far I’m not quite keeping up but I’m doing pretty damn good for someone with a full time job, LSAT...
amiegibbons15
Nov 9, 20145 min read
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WHAT’S YOUR STORY’S PLAYLIST?
I’m obsessed with music. Not really a stretch that I ended up in Music City, is it? I love the stories songs tell, the emotion they...
amiegibbons15
Nov 3, 20142 min read
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NANOWRIMO
Alright, I didn’t want to do this because I have a severe fear of commitment and failure, but the best way to get myself to actually do...
amiegibbons15
Oct 30, 20141 min read
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