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Writing Blog Number 2

by s

Rated: 18+ · Book · Personal · #2311764

This is a continuation of my blogging here at WdC

This will be a blog for my writing, maybe with (too much) personal thrown in. I am hoping it will be a little more interactive, with me answering questions, helping out and whatnot. If it falls this year (2024), then I may stop the whole blogging thing, but that's all a "wait and see" scenario.

An index of topics can be found here: "Writing Blog No.2 Index"

Feel free to comment and interact.

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Sum1's In San Francisco

about 20 hours ago
In response to "20240920 Writing A Play"

The only play I can recall seeing was "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum." at Schofield Barracks on Oahu, Hawaii. I Loved it!

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Sep 15, 2024 at 8:11pm
In response to "20240916 Paragraphing In Fiction"

Wordsmitty ✍️ - Great question. Sally cringing in your example should be a separate paragraph.

Bob screamed, "I think you're sister is nasty!"

Sally cringed as though struck.

"She just does things to hurt people!"

Sally wiped her face. "Sorry," she whispered.

Hope that makes sense.

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Wordsmitty ✍️

Sep 15, 2024 at 8:08pm
In response to "20240916 Paragraphing In Fiction"

Quick question on "Person." When someone is speaking, sometimes I've seen a paragraph include a ahort sentence of the listener's reaction even as the speaker continues speaking.

Bob said "[something scary]" and 'Sally cringed' while Bob grinned and kept on talking. (terrible example)

Is this acceptabele to stay in the same paragraph or does Sally need her own paragraph?

Sum1's In San Francisco

Sep 12, 2024 at 6:19am
In response to "20240912 Alternate History"

Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote a couple (few?) books that at the beginning of them involved Alternate History. I remember that one book dealt with the US never being involved in WWI, and instead remained isolated. As a result, all communication with any country in Europe ceased. Years later, we explored Europe once again. From there, my memory lapses, I don't recall what happened. Interesting book though.

Kåre Enga in Montana

Sep 2, 2024 at 1:04am
In response to "20240902 Update"

I did quite a bit of reading and writing in August. Never my favorite month growing up but it was always a time to estivate and that can be productive.

I made a list of September contests but I'll be skipping a few as I don't like the prompts. Fortunately I'm inspired by what I'm reading.

Kåre Enga in Montana

Aug 29, 2024 at 12:45am
In response to "20240829 Australian Poetry Problems"

We have 'cowboy poetry' in the Western US. It keeps itself separate from literary works. It is related in theme and structure to Australian Bush Poetry. Both are ballads relying upon rhyme. And therefore related to traditional British songs still sung in Appalachia.

Kåre Enga in Montana

Aug 28, 2024 at 4:10pm
In response to "20240828 In Defence Of Professional Wrestling"

Yeah... I don't like it... not at all. But as you aptly mentioned... I have a different definition of fun.

I did like high school wrestling though. I didn't have to use my eyes. Position, leverage, anticipation, perseverance... it was more of a mental challenge for me. Also great for smaller, slower people. No need to be huge, speedy or tall.

Ned

Aug 28, 2024 at 7:01am
In response to "20240828 In Defence Of Professional Wrestling"

When I was growing up, wrestling was Saturday morning television in my house. My older brother would watch wrestling and in those days, everyone watched the same thing on the lone family TV, so we all watched wrestling. This was in the old, old days of the legends - Bruno Sammartino, Freddie Blassie, Chief Jay Strongbow, Gorilla Monsoon, Killer Kowalski and others whose names don't come to mind right now, but would spark a memory if mentioned. I don't watch wrestling now or even since those days but I recognize the names of popular wrestlers through the years as wrestling is entertainent and part of pop culture. Chacun à son goût, as they say. Everyone is entitled to their own taste in entertainment.

Aug 26, 2024 at 1:24am
In response to "20240826 Using Rare Words"

Kåre Enga in Montana - I use the word cacophony often (got picked up by my daughter for it in a YA book she beta read for me) and I like the word halcyon - halcyon days is a metaphor I've stolen.

I try to only use one or two per piece; it keeps editors on their toes!

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Kåre Enga in Montana

Aug 26, 2024 at 12:34am
In response to "20240826 Using Rare Words"

I was called out for using the word 'halcyon' when I was in high school (I think). I knew what it meant. I've been called out for using the word 'cacophony' in my poem "First Drum Set" because it was a 'big' word... hint... children love a occasional quirky word. And then there's 'chartreuse', a basic color from my childhood. We were kitchen people and our kitchen was 'chartreuse'.

An occasional odd word should be celebrated imho.

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#161. 20240918 Process Of Editing
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#160. 20240916 Paragraphing In Fiction
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#159. 20240912 Alternate History
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#158. 20240909 #2 Book Available?
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#157. 20240909 Monster Dictionary Update
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#156. 20240409 External Writerings VIII
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#155. 20240902 Update
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#154. 20240829 Australian Poetry Problems
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#153. 20240828 In Defence Of Professional Wrestling
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#152. 20240826 Using Rare Words
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#151. 20240824 Self-Publishing Addenda
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#150. 20240821 Self-Publishing
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#149. 20240818 Reverse Rejection
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#148. 20240815 Italics
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#147. 20240812 Personal Foibles In Writing
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#146. 20240811 The 5 Genres Of Writing (Educational)
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#145. 20240809 The Little Things (World-Building)
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#144. 20240805 Trigger Warnings
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#143. 20240803 External Writerings VII
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#142. 20240802 Non-Fiction Part 2: Research
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#141. 20240801 Non-Fiction Part 1: Creative Non-Fiction
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#140. 20240729 Adaptations
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#139. 20240727 Ghost Writing
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#138. 20240724 Organising Myself 2
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#137. 20240720 Organising Myself
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#136. 20240719 Real World Events In Fiction
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#135. 20240716 Music And Writing
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#134. 20240715 Types of Fiction Writer
ID #1073981 entered on July 15, 2024 at 12:16am

#133. 20240713 Selling Short Stories
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#132. 20240712 Contemporary Research For Writers
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#131. 20240709 Comparison Economy
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#130. 20240705 Monster Dictionary Update
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#129. 20240704 How Not To Write A Story - Video Essay
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#128. 20240702 External Writerings VI
ID #1073447 entered on July 2, 2024 at 12:41am

#127. 20240701 Writing Through Depression
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#126. 20240629 When Life Gets In The Way
ID #1073311 entered on June 29, 2024 at 2:23am

#125. 20240627 Motivation In The Middle
ID #1073219 entered on June 27, 2024 at 12:02am

#124. 20240625 Answering Questions
ID #1073147 entered on June 25, 2024 at 12:05am

#123. 20240622 Public Consumption Of Your Work
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#122. 20240621 Plotting Techniques Part 2
ID #1072967 entered on June 21, 2024 at 12:47am

#121. 20240620 Plotting Techniques Part 1
ID #1072924 entered on June 20, 2024 at 12:15am

#120. 20240618 Endings
ID #1072836 entered on June 18, 2024 at 12:11am

#119. 20240616 Writing An Autobiography Or Memoir
ID #1072717 entered on June 16, 2024 at 5:57am

#118. 20240614 Plot Holes
ID #1072626 entered on June 14, 2024 at 3:06am

#117. 20240612 Starting A Story
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#116. 20240610 Quitting
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#115. 20240608 External Writerings V
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#114. 20240607 Publicity
ID #1072262 entered on June 7, 2024 at 12:06am

#113. 20240605 Leaving Contracts
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#112. 20240603 Hiring An Editor
ID #1072074 entered on June 3, 2024 at 12:04am

#111. 20240601 Story Ideas
ID #1071963 entered on June 1, 2024 at 2:27am

#110. 20240530 Traditional v Vanity Publishing
ID #1071881 entered on May 30, 2024 at 12:04am

#109. 20240528 Author Website
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#108. 20240526 Using Real People In Fiction
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#107. 20240524 Words: Cultural Differences/Neologisms
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#106. 20240522 Readers
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#105. 20240520 Agents
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#104. 20240518 Overcoming Writer's Block
ID #1071310 entered on May 18, 2024 at 3:07am

#103. 20240517 Combatting Writer's Malaise
ID #1071226 entered on May 17, 2024 at 12:06am

#102. 20240516 Using Foreign Words
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#101. 20240514 Two More Questions
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#100. 20240513 Adverbs
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#99. 20240511 Formatting Titles
ID #1070897 entered on May 11, 2024 at 8:52am

#98. 20240510 Writing Young Adult Fiction
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#97. 20240509 Answering Questions About Australia
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#96. 20240508 What Does Copyright Cover?
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#95. 20240507 Only In America
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#94. 20240506 Answering Some Questions
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#93. 20240505 Publisher Q&A
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#92. 20240504 I Or Me?
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#91. 20240503 How Long Does Writing Take?
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#90. 20240502 Drafts
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#89. 20240501 Comma Basics
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#88. 20240430 Etxernal Writerings IV
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#87. 20240429 Handy Latin Phrases
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#86. 20240428 Some Nineteenth Century Slang
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#85. 20240427 Publishing News
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#84. 20240426 Government Forms
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#83. 20240424 Writing Comedy
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#82. 20240423 Heinlein’s Rules for Publication
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#81. 20240422 How I Learnt To Write Fiction
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#80. 20240420 Language Triva
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#79. 20240417 Imposter Syndrome
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#78. 20240416 Writing A Play
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#77. 20240413 Plurals
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#76. 20240412 How To Get Your Manuscript Rejected
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#75. 20240411 What Is Speculative Fiction?
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#74. 20240410 Speculative Fiction Potential Mistakes
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#73. 20240407 Naming Characters
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#72. 20240405 Writing Retreat
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#71. 20240403 Australian v US English
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#70. 20240402 External Writerings III
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#69. 20240401 News
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#68. 20240331 Not As Common Punctuation
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#67. 20240328 Quills 2023
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#66. 20240327 Quick News
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#65. 20240324 Public Domain
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#64. 20240323 5 Underrated Or Overlooked Novels
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#63. 20240322 5 Tips To Spark Creativity
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