Writing
I write novels, screenplays, and works of non-fiction. I share my passion for writing with advice, tips, book reviews for writers, and more. This page will also feature any works in progress and samples of my work.
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J. Michael Straczynski’s autograph
J. Michael Straczynski is one of the best writers, period. He wrote the amazing television series Babylon 5. The story in that series was phenomenal. It was actually a five-year arc. Plot lines continued through all five seasons and things that started in the very first episode were resolved in the finale. Amazing, amazing writing.…
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The Collective Inkwell Fiction Contest Entry
I submitted a story to The Collective Inkwell Creative Fiction Contest. My story is called “The Thought Alone.” I hope you will head over to http://collectiveinkwell.com/creative-fiction-contest/ read the entire story. The task was to build a story from one of two prompts. This was the prompt I chose b) How could she have known that simply crossing…
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Double Spacing Between Sentences is Not Cool Anymore!
I never really learned how to type properly. I’m not horrible at it. I can type fairly fast but I only use about four fingers and a thumb to do so. I remember learning that it was proper to hit the space bar two times at the end of each sentence. For typewriters this was…
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The Book I Wanted to Write
I went into Chapters last week with my brother. We sat down in coffee shop and caught up. We haven’t had the chance to hang out, just us guys in a while. It was nice. He bought me a hot chocolate but when I got the thing I didn’t even know how to drink it.…
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Revision is Tough
I don’t use outlines when I write. I just get an idea, let it cook in my head for a while, and then start writing. I then take a bit of a break before moving on to my next writing project. After I have given myself some distance from the story, I go back and…
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What’s He Look Like?
Is it important what a character looks like? When reading fiction, we can’t really see the characters anyway. Some writers will write pages and pages filled with physical description but is this really necessary? As a reader, I build up a vision of the characters in my mind. I do this with my own imagination.…
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Journal Vs Blog
Last year, I wrote 250 blog entries. Do the math. 250 entries divided by 365 days in the year = a 68.5% efficiency. That number is misleading though since my goal was to write a blog entry every weekday. So let’s revise the numbers 52 weeks in a year times 5 days a week =…
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Break the Rule or Not?
I use and but and so to start sentences often in my writing. It just feels right. The tone is more conversational and seems to have a better flow. But does it make for good writing? I’ve asked this question before. But I feel like I need to ask it again. I’ve been revising my…
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Blogs are Disposable
You know it’s true. I mean, when was the last time you read a post of any blog that wasn’t the most recent post? Why is it that we always gravitate towards the newest material? We only want to see the latest movies, either at the ciniplex or at the rental store. We only want…
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Welcome to the SC!
Silent Cacophony was born a long, long time ago. I remember exactly how it started. I was fishing through the dictionary and came across this wonderful word “cacophony.” It meant a harsh or discordant sound. I didn’t even know how to pronounce the word at the time, but it resonated with me for some reason.…