Summer's End

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Sun

Sun beams from the sky
humidity on its rays
solar system star


Summer's End

Darkness descends earlier
wearing white fades,
bar-b-ques and picnics slow
as theme parks scatter.

Labor Day nears
school begins,
summer's end
the cycle continues.

Tree

Leaves wobbling downward
as tree limbs peck at my pane,
a change finally.

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Write Faster

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Write naturally, don't pressure yourself,
set dead-lines and enjoy writing are
the factors that will allow you to write faster.

Write Naturally •Relax and take a deep breath.
•Write in your chosen voice or style.
•Don't force it.
•You'll write faster.

Don't Pressure Yourself
•You don't have to discover a great truth.
•Present the topic from an interesting angle.
•Simply, let your creative flow run free.
•Don't compare what you've written to anyone else.

Set Dead-Lines
•Jot down the month, day and year projects are to be completed.
•It keeps you producing quality work.
•It's healthier, because stress levels are reduced.
•The last minute chaos is avoided.

Enjoy Writing
•Write about topics that stir-up your creative flow.
•Pick subjects you're familiar with.
•Select different view-points to write from.
•You'll be able to get more done.

Write naturally, don't pressure yourself,
set dead-lines and enjoy writing are the
components to not only help you write
faster, but ease you into writing better.

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Places Characters Come From

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People you know, memory and strangers
are excellent places fictional characters
come from. Let's take a closer look.

People You Know
•Many writers take traits, qualities, from friends or family.
•You know their strengths and weaknesses.
•The key is to pluck away enough information for a starting point.

A character in my mystery has an arthritic knee, limps and have been seen rubbing it. My mother suffered with the condition, same place.

A writer peeling away exact traits, qualities, stands a chance of hurting feelings or a law-suit. Therefore, characters should be the "stuff'" of a writer's creative flow.

Memory
•It holds many possible writing ideas.
•Memories of what happened to you provide an endless source for creating characters.

Begin by selecting an incident, time, from memory.

An incident from your first job is worth exploring. Or, a happy moment at a specific job lends itself to creating characters.

Strangers
•The stranger that gave you an ice-cold stare can twist down paths.
•The character could be a stalker.
•A character is paid to scare someone? Who?
•A character missed a "meet-up" date.

Finally, fictional characters come from various places, and sprinkling in people you know, memory or strangers you've seen can create eye-catching fiction.

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