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Yes: visual dialogue! If you watch films or TV shows, you'll notice the conversations are hardly ever static (except in 'arty' films or segues between major incidents). Learn from them! ...

*laughs* Never mind.

Nate, I don't think "The bike was wobbly" is an active verb; isn't it stative? The sentence is telling, not showing. Perhaps "The bike wobbled as if in distress" would ...

I feel the same way most of the time, too. My advice is to, like the others aid, write ANYTHING!!! Or, if you really don't feel writing, maybe take a ...

*laughs* 46. Keep killing off all your characters randomly while explaining that the writer was the murderer. 47. Endlessly put emoticons in characters' speech. "He cried happily, "Yes! I've done ...

Write for an hour a day. Or even five minutes. Whatever you do, keep those creative juices flowing. Set yourself a dedicated time to write. Just vomit write. Doesn't matter ...

40. Post a blank page.

38. Address the reviewer personally saying you will threaten them with murder/arson/insert other form of retribution here if you do not post a glowing review. 39. Write something really, really, ...

Yeah, me too - hidden meanings are fun!

Excellent advice, but I can see why some people might find it irritating and obtrusive...

(Not sure where to put this; please move if needs be.) As you may be aware, I started writing a play called "Tabula Rasa" (now called "Submission"); I've stopped continuing ...

REPLIES TO QUESTIONS 1. How many children in your family? Just me 2. How old is each child? Sixteen 3. Are your parents divorced? Yes 4. If yes to question ...

Prose? You mean in general or just speeches. If you want general prose for a stimulus, try Atonement by Ian McEwan. It's an excellent novel. Or, for speeches, I suggest ...

As my English teacher used to say, "It's like knowing how to ride a bike before you do a wheelie." Or, a screenwriter puts it, "There are no rules, but ...

I hate deadlines! However, I find writing for ten minutes - no more, no less - is an excellent way to keep up your writing life. Mostly I continue writing ...