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Three Ways to Check Your Writing
Three Easy Ways to Check Your Writing Traci Kenworth 1. Critiques: This is the all important first step in getting your writing up to professional standards. Why? Because more eyes on the work means that a)you can improve it, b)you’ll have “tested the waters,” and c)you can improve it. Okay, so a and c are…
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Birthplace
Here it is phrase of the week again for the YAFF Muse Blog: A rock sailed through the broken window, catching a jagged piece of glass and spraying shards…. Birthplace Traci Kenworth A rock sailed through the broken window, catching a jagged piece of glass and spraying shards of the test tubes, Bunson burners, and…
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Odds & Ends
Odds & Ends Traci Kenworth I’m reading Girl From Mars by Tamara Bach. It’s not my usual type of book. It’s Contemporary and I’m more into fantasy/horror but it was on the list of The Best Books of 2010, so I thought I’d give it a try. Should finish it up today. I’m hoping by…
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When to Scrap Your Chapters(and begin Anew)
When to Scrap Your Chapters(and begin again)… Traci Kenworth Recently, this happened to me. I thought my chapters were all set, headed in the right direction. But the comments I got weren’t very encouraging. It was recommended I scrap them and begin anew. All the frustration that settles in at those words can be hard…
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To Tattoo or Not to Tattoo…
To Tattoo Or Not To Tattoo? Traci Kenworth No, I’m not in the market for one, but my characters are. I need something different though. I mean, I know what it looks like, but I’m unsure where to place it. Has the shoulder been done to death in fiction? I can’t say. I just know…
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Taking a Break…
Taking a Break Traci Kenworth I think everyone needs one: but do we dare? What if the muse deserts us? What if we can’t go back? The list of questions can go on and on. It’s a scary thought, stepping away for a while, but what are the risks if we don’t do so? Burn-out,…
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Why the Reverse Outline Works for Me.
Why the Reverse Outline Works for Me Traci Kenworth With the ending being the first idea I come up with, it gives me focus, a goal to work toward. And I don’t have to know what happens down to the every detail, just a shadow of what is to come works for me. I’m not…
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The Hour of Death
The Hour of Death Traci Kenworth I put a hand to the old-fashioned alarm clock on the shelf and received a small jolt as though tiny barbs of electricity had shot through my body. One-fifty-eight a.m. I read on its hands. So the hour began… Years ago these sorts of bells and whistles fell by…
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Why it’s Okay to Cry(alongside your characters)
Why it’s Okay to Cry(along with your Fictional Characters) Traci Kenworth Sometimes I admit it, when I get caught up in a scene: a goodbye, a successful rescue, a happy ending, tears rolls down my cheeks. We’ve all heard of how readers take our characters to heart but do writers do the same? Absolutely. I…
Forgiveness, Redemption, Hope
Traci Dowe/Kenworth Gothic Fantasy
Traci Ashbe Dark Fantasy Author
Redemption, Forgiveness, and Hope
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Traci Ashbe Dark Fantasy Author
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Why it’s Okay to Cry(alongside your characters)
Why it’s Okay to Cry(along with your Fictional Characters) Traci Kenworth Sometimes I admit it, when I get caught up in a scene: a goodbye, a successful rescue, a happy ending, tears rolls down my cheeks. We’ve all heard of how readers take our characters to heart but do writers do the same? Absolutely. I…
Traci Ashbe Dark Fantasy Author 