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nadinbrzezinski

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4. Believe it or not, I am way out of practice

Reply to MindMover (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 11, 2013, 01:46 AM

Oct 2013

Writing news stories is very different than fiction.

I am proof positive the out of practice shows.

Though got an upgrade to Save the Cat, will try that for a longer piece.

I decided that I have to start doing the Hemingway program. He wrote non fiction during the day, and fiction in the evening. No, I am not even to his little toe.

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Ok, here is a link to a piece I am working on [View all] nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 OP

Interesting ... MindMover Oct 2013 #1

I got philosophical nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #2

I always call those my first chapter ... MindMover Oct 2013 #3

Believe it or not, I am way out of practice nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #4

I can definitely see the advantages of the Hemingway program ... MindMover Oct 2013 #5

Yeah, and he did that in his early years nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #6

Been revising this, right now mostly for grammar and all that nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #7