Category: Anjuelle Floyd Author Blog
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Families OnLine Magazine| My New Monthly Column
Check out the first in article in my new monthly column at Families OnLine Magazine Take Your Time Tillie .
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Loosening Up
I tried many exercises in the various writing groups in which I participated before entering graduate school, and working towards earning my MFA. None left an impression, or stuck with me. This is not to say the exercises held no merit. Instead my focus lay severely on learning to write, as in craft a decent…
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Twists
The best stories often have a twist at the end. But what is a twist? Is it the result of having led the reader in one direction, only to surprise them with action rising from another? Not quite.
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Writing Challenges? | Questions About Your Story?
Do you have any questions about writing? Are you stuck with a story? Don’t know where your novel is headed? Or simply need a boost to get writing? Send me your questions and I’ll address it it in a blog, with picture and everything. Just for you.
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Premise
What’s the premise of your novel? Do you need one? Why would you not? Premise is the combination of character and situation. What if Person A is forced to confront Situation F?
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Our Words Are But Children at Play
Like an old man watching children at play, we need to see through our own seriousness. No matter how seriously the children go about their games, the old man is amused and never for a moment takes them to be real. We can watch our own thoughts and emotions in the same way. Without taking…