While on a virtual walk through UK’s national parks, I came across something rather interesting.
Books, Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
Virtual Walking, UK’s National Parks, & Book Towns
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Fiction Writing, Writing
What Does Your Character Do When Talking or Thinking?
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Have you ever known anyone who when they talk just talk? They don’t gesticulate with their hands. Their eyes don’t roam around the room. They don’t pet their cat or dog. They don’t look through their mail. They just talk. They stare into your eyes and talk, their mind not going elsewhere. That’s just not normal under most circumstances, is it?
Fiction Writing, Words, Yes, There's a Word for That
Yes, There’s a Word for That: Kinclunk & Other Unusual Words
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What would you call the cry of a newborn child? What about the sound that is made when your car runs over a manhole cover? When you’re so hungry you could eat an elephant, what sound does your stomach make? Cachinnation is loud or hysterical laughter. It is when you laugh so hard that tears…
Fiction Writing, Phobias
Create Your Own Phobias: Tripoerdogaphobia
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Phobias are wonderful to afflict your characters with. A phobia makes them seem more human. Possibly, a phobia will make your readers, especially those with phobias of their own, feel closer to one of more of your characters. Depending on what phobia you choose to bless, or curse, your character with, he can end up…
Confusing Words, Fiction Writing, Words
Confusing Words from Ewe to Exhilarate
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Is a female sheep a ewe, a yew, or a you? When you accept something, do you except it or accept it? Is a surplus an excess or an access? When you get rid of something, do you exercise it or exorcise it? When you speed up, do you exhilarate or accelerate? ewe, yew, you A ewe is…
