The Story Reading Ape

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Writing
Creative Storytelling Options for Those Who Don’t Like to Write – by Jacqui Murray…
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on Live Write Thrive: When people hear the word “writing”, most think typing, maybe aching hands, but that’s the process. Not the product. In writing …
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Environment
NASA: Earth Is Absorbing an 'Unprecedented' Amount of Heat
Gizmodo - Brian Kahn
Ominous new research shows that the Earth is taking in a shocking amount of heat. In the past 15 years, the amount of incoming solar radiation …
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Science Fiction
5 Worldbuilding Mistakes to Avoid in Your Sci-Fi Novel
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This is a guest post by Savannah Cordova. Savannah is a writer with Reedsy, a marketplace that connects self-publishing authors with the world’s best …
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Writing
How Writers Can Quit the Creative Comparison Game – by Kristen Kieffer…
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on Well-Storied: Creative comparison often gets a bad rap. Like self-doubt, comparison can be a lens through which writers can identify the strengths …
Jun 8
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Emotions
The Alchemy of Emotion: 6 Key Strategies for Emotionally Affecting Fiction – by Susan DeFreitas…
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on Jane Friedman site: People sometimes talk about emotion in fiction like it’s some discrete quantity you can just dial up in your prose—like perhaps …
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Grammar
Grammar Rules: Split Infinitives – by Melissa Donovan…
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on Writing Forward: It’s important that we, as writers, know the tools of our trade. Part of our job is to understand the mechanics of language, which …
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Writing
The Why and How of Choosing a Genre – by Jenny Hansen…
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on Writers in the Storm: Over the last few years, I’ve thought a lot about genre. The differences between them and why and how we choose our preferred …
Jun 8
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Literature
Indexing, filing systems, and the art of finding what you have – by Austin Kleon…
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“A good idea is not of any use if you can’t find it.” —Logan Heftel When I was working on Keep Going, I wrote about “the importance of revisiting …
Jun 10
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Building a Fantasy Army — Strategy & Organization – by Toni Šušnjar…
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on Mythic Scribes: Strategy and Enemies The structure of an army will depend on the strategy, as strategy will determine the army’s role and tasks. A …
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Viral Marketing
Visual Marketing & Its Influence On Your Book’s Social Media Marketing Success
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We are all visual animals. Our eyes find it much easier to stimulate an image in our brains than texts. You may recall this from your own experience …
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Board Games
Board Games and the Meaning of History – By Alex Andriesse…
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on The Public Domain Review: Players moving pieces along a track to be first to reach a goal was the archetypal board game format of the 18th and 19th …
Jun 8
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Writing
A Handy Formula for Writing the Perfect Book Blurb – by Lewis Jorstad…
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on The Novel Smithy: Imagine you’re browsing your favorite bookstore… After a while, you find a novel you’re interested in. The title is intriguing, …
Jun 8