http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news en-us http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news N/A news@artofwriting.com.au Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:34:08 UTC 20 http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/32/1/Running-out-of-Story-Ideas%3F-Harvest-your-Family-Tree I've sat and watched the cursor blink on the clean white page for a week. Having no direction, my mind wandered toward the family. I killed time by skimming my genealogy page and wham, the proverbial ton of bricks fell. Of course! With real people and events you can write about anything. Art of Writing News Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/31/1/Creating-an-Environment-For-a-Horror-Story The best horror writers give their readers a scare; perhaps make them shiver with fear or squirm at vivid descriptions of a terrifying scene or a frightening character. A good horror story will make its readers feel uncomfortable, afraid to turn the page to read what happens next. This article will discuss setting the scene that a good horror story will be happy to call home. Art of Writing News Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/30/1/Creating-a-Character-For-a-Horror-Story There are some excellent horror writers who feature supernatural beings, such as werewolves, demons and vampires in their stories.This article is written to give you some ideas for creating realistic characters to populate your horror story. Art of Writing News Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/29/1/It%26%2339%3Bs-Official%3A-Writer%26%2339%3Bs-Block-is-a-Myth It is my belief that there is no such thing as writer's block. Only a lack of planning and preparation. Art of Writing News Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/28/1/What%26%2339%3Bs-In-A-Name%3F-Naming-Characters You have developed a plot, setting and have even come up the main characters for your latest story. You start to write, but it isn't long before your come to a road block. It's not the storyline; after all you know where you're headed. It's not the setting; you mapped that out before the first word was committed to paper. No, the thing that you are missing is the perfect name for you characters. Art of Writing News Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/27/1/Developing-Characters-That-Live-through-Dialogue-and-Action If characters don't come to life on the page or computer screen, a writer has failed to create a good story. Yes, other components are also necessary to provide a complete story, but characters must live through the author's words. Believable dialogue and action breathes life into characters... Art of Writing News Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/26/1/Subjects-and-Verbs-Stop-Fighting%3A-Subject-Verb-Agreement When subjects and verbs cannot and do not agree, the resulting battle creates an incorrect sentence. More and more this problem appears not only in speech but also in writing. However, learning how to make subjects and verbs agree isn't very hard. First one needs to recognize the problem areas and then correct the error... Art of Writing News Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/25/1/Put-Modifiers-Where-They-Belong-and-%26quot%3BUndangle%26quot%3B-Them Misplaced or Dangling modifier's confuse readers. Author, Vivian Gilbert Zabel shows us how to use 'Modifiers' to avoid problems... Art of Writing News Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/24/1/Making-Words-Live-with-Vivid-Modifiers Lately the message has been sent to writers to avoid using adverbs, adjectives, or prepositional phrases in writing. This idea is the same as telling a long distance runner to wear a mask to limit his breathing or to find his feet together... Art of Writing News Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/23/1/Handwriting-Analysis Graphology is the name given to the general subject of personality analysis based on handwriting analysis. Just as in Psychology there are various schools of Psychology - Behaviorist, Psychoanalytical, and so on - so too in Graphology... Art of Writing News Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/22/1/Reading-Poetry-Aloud Lots of us decide to give a poetry reading - whether it's our own poetry, a poem we've had written for a special occasion or a famous poem, there are times when we would like to read it aloud and share it with other people... Art of Writing News Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/20/1/Plot%3A-A-Main-Ingredient-for-a-Well-Made-Story Some so-called experts insist that a story doesn't require a plot. However, whether found in a short story or a novel, a story requires a plot, otherwise the "story" is like bread without yeast - flat. A writing without a plot may be a narrative, a scene, or perhaps a descriptive essay, but anything without a plot doesn't "make" a story... Art of Writing News Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/19/1/Tips-To-Help-You-To-Write-With-Success Writing is something that everyone can enjoy! Writing is freeing and fun and exciting, if you really let your imagination go writing can take you to places that you have never been before. The world would be a sad and empty place without good writer to cheer it up! Art of Writing News Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/18/1/Stories-and-Feelings Many stories are a journey of feeling for a story's audience. As characters overcome or pass through various obstacles to get what they want, they pass through stages of feeling, and readers who identify with these characters or become invested in what happens to them, share these feelings... Art of Writing News Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/17/1/Creativity%3A-Ways-To-Be-More-Creative Our minds are often like glasses of water filled with dirt. The stresses that we endure throughout our day cause that glass of water to get shaken up. The water gets murky and our minds are distracted. This is when we are at our least creative state of mind... Art of Writing News Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/16/1/Where-Do-Writer%26%2339%3Bs-Ideas-Come-From%3F To those who are not writers, artists, or composers the creative process seems an allusive mystical gift bestowed upon a fortunate few who are held in awe by the general population. When asked "where do you get your ideas" or "how do you do it", many cannot answer the question because the creative process is often not understood even by those who create... Art of Writing News Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/15/1/Voice-of-the-Gremlin Gremlin' is a well known term in coaching circles representing the 'inner critic,' a personification of the negative inner voice. Gremlins are conceived through the passing along of negative or self defeating messages which have been internalized throughout life. Well meaning parents, teachers, siblings and associates who like our selves are challenged intermittently with the voices of the gremlin have (unconsciously) past these along. When the voice of the gremlin overpowers our authentic voice, it can feel difficult to go after what we most desire, as we are plagued by self doubt, fear or feelings of low esteem... Art of Writing News Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/14/1/Unlimited-Or-Pragmatic-Thinking-For-Writers Do you ever ask yourself why you chose to become a writer?... Art of Writing News Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/13/1/Overcoming-the-fear-of-writing-articles We all know that writing articles and submitting them to various websites and ezines through article directories is a great way to promote our online home based business. But there are many people who simply dread having to write articles. They keep putting it off whilst they concentrate on other areas of their online business. Art of Writing News Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/12/1/Introduction-to-Calligraphy The ancient art of Calligraphy originated from the Chinese culture which is regarded as the most sublime form of art... Art of Writing News Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/7/1/How-To-Increase-Creativity To increase creativity, you need to do two things. First, you need to encourage it. Second, you need to train your brain. Start on both of these right now, and you can experience greater creativity today... Art of Writing News Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/6/1/Defeating-Writer%26%2339%3Bs-Block If you're a writer, or a student, or anyone who's ever felt the desire or need to write, you know all about the dreaded thing known as writer's block. You sit at the computer, or your're at your desk with a pad and pen, ready to write. But nothing happens... Art of Writing News Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/5/1/Awaken-the-Creative-Genius-Within Creativity is a topic that I address quite frequently in my coaching. Many clients come to me stuck on allowing their creative juices flow. As a professional writer, I have had a lot of experiences with writer's block, and even with laziness. And people know that this is a struggle for any professional artist. So they come to me, to address what is blocking their creative genius... Art of Writing News Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/4/1/Creating-Narrative-Tension-in-a-Novel Narrative tension is the tension characters in a novel feel about unresolved and unfulfilled events and needs. That's why it's so important to suggest a story's promise in a dramatic context, so that a storyteller creates characters who have a need to act, and to act in spite of obstacles... Art of Writing News Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:00:00 UTC http://www.artofwriting.com.au/news/articles/3/1/Setting-Your-Novel%3A-There%26%2339%3Bs-gold-in-your-own-backyard I started my first manuscript during my junior year at Virginia Tech. I had a couple of characters in mind, a flimsy skeleton of a plot, and one pressing question. Where to set the book? Art of Writing News Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:00:00 UTC