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What is Free Writing?
Free writing is a simple process that is the basis for other discovery techniques. Basic free writing follows these guidelines: Write nonstop for a set period of time (10–20 minutes). Do not make...
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German Writer – Johannes Bobrowski
Bobrowski, Johannes Johannes Bobrowski was born in 1917 in Tilsit (Sovetsk), the son of a railway official. In Königsberg (Kaliningrad) he attended a high school with Latin and Greek on the curriculum,...
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The River – by Johannes Bobrowski (1917-65)
By the River … Johannes Bobrowski You came the moon way, you came down from Ostra Brama, from the glow of the old icon, your arms wrapped in your apron. You came down the road to the river. Light of …...
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Bit by Electronic Bit, a Great Cantor Is Restored – NYTimes.com
Mr. Werdyger by a poster for his restored music of Yossele Rosenblatt, who died in 1933. Mr. Werdyger’s first CD has sold 15,000 copies; the third was released several weeks ago. By JOSEPH BERGER...
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Owen Marshall – NZ Writer
Marshall, Owen (Owen Marshall Jones) (1941– ), short story writer and novelist, was born in the North Island town of Te Kuiti. The third son of a Methodist minister, he grew up in an environment in...
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What makes up fiction writing? (prose)
Fiction writing is any kind of writing that is not factual. Fictional writing most often takes the form of a story meant to convey an author’s point of view or simply to entertain. The result of this...
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I want to write for kids, too … don’t you love that winky wonky donkey?
When I think about what I want my ideal reader to be, I think back to myself as a child. I was captivated, and found inspiration to keep living by the books I read. Pam Ayres sparked my sense of …...
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Ian McEwan on making love work in fiction
Ian McEwan | Louisiana Channel.Filed under: W Research, Writers, WRITING Tagged: author, character, characterization, education, Ian McEwan, improve your writing, inspiration, WRITING
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▶ Ian McEwan on His Writing Process
▶ Ian McEwan on His Writing Process – YouTube.Filed under: W Research, WRITING, Writing Media Articles
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50 Books Every Parent Should Read to Their Child – Flavorwire
According to a new study, the hallowed practice of bedtime reading is falling by the wayside — and that some quarter of a million children in the UK do not own a single book. This is a terrible shame,...
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How to write books for children: Writing for children means thinking about...
We’ve all been children, we all know a parent or parent-figure. This makes us all potential writers of children\’s books. I think of children\’s books as not so much for children, but as the filling...
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Writing Children’s Books – Get Your Mindset Right!
From http://cbiclubhouse.com, Children’s Book Insider editor Jon Bard on what it takes to succeed in modern children’s book publishing. via Writing Children’s Books – Get Your Mindset Right! –...
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Writing for Children: How to Create Compelling Adult Characters
Writing for Children: How to Create Compelling Adult Characters – YouTube.Filed under: W Research, WRITING Tagged: author, character, characterization, Children, education, improve your writing, story,...
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Writing Children’s Books: What Should I Write About?
From http://cbiclubhouse.com , the web’s #1 site for children’s writers – You’re driven to write a children’s book, but you’re not sure what you want to write about. No problem, let’s figure it out. In...
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▶ Find the Time to Write
Published on Oct 3, 2012 From http://cbliclubhouse.com, Children\’s Book Insider Writing Coach Teresa Funke on how to find time in your busy life to pursue your writing career. via ▶ Find the Time to...
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The Malayan Emergency; Indonesian Confrontation, by Robert Jackson – book...
The struggle with Communist terrorists in Malaya known as The Emergency became a textbook example of how to fight a guerrilla war, based on political as much as military means. This book deals with...
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The War of the Running Dogs, by Noel Barber – book research on the Malayan...
Only three short years after the end of the Japanese occupation, war came again to Malaya. The Chinese-backed guerrillas called it the War of the Running Dogs – their contemptuous term for those in...
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The Malayan Emergency, by Robert Jackson – book research
The struggle with Communist terrorists in Malaya known as The Emergency became a textbook example of how to fight a guerrilla war, based on political as much as military means. This book deals with...
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Malaya’s Secret Police 1945-60: The Role of the Special Branch in the Malayan...
Following soon after the Japanese surrender in World War II, the whole country of Malaya was once more turned upside down and the lives of the people changed during the tumultuous years of the Malayan...
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The 7th Dawn – DVD about the Malayan Emergency – research
William Holden fights Communist terrorists hell-bent on winning Malayan “independence” in this action-packed, edge-of-your-seat adventure that also stars Susannah York. Terrific adventure film set in...
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Malayan Scouts SAS – A Memoir of the Malayan Emergency, 1951. By J.C. Durkin.
When Japan withdrew its occupying troops at the end of the Second World War, the Malayan economy was in crisis. Wages were low, unemployment was high, and strikes were common. The British...
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The Malayan Emergency 1948-60 – The Domino That Stood. By Donald MacKay –...
This volume begins with an overview of the state of Malaya in 1948 and a review of the many troubles in Malaya in the post-war period. It then goes on to examine the strengths and weaknesses of the two...
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Malayan Spymaster: Memoirs of a Rubber Planter, Bandit Fighter and Spy. By...
A true story of 1930s Malaysia, of jungle operations, submarines and spies in WWII, and of the postwar Malayan Emergency, as experienced by an extraordinary man. Rubber planter Boris Hembry was a part...
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Violence & The Dream People, by John Leary – book research
Violence and the Dream People is an account of a little-known struggle by the Malayan government and the communist guerrillas, during the 1948-1960 Malayan Emergency, to win the allegiance of the Orang...
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The Malayan Campaign, 1948-1960. By John Scurr – book research
In June 1948 Communist insurgent forces commenced a guerrilla war to end British rule in Malaya. During the ensuing 12 years of conflict there were 8750 reported ‘contacts’ between units of the...
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Information Operations During the Malayan Emergency, by James R. Bertree.
Today, Information Operations (IO) is an area of emerging importance in military science. IO however is not new. Many of the elements of IO have existed for hundreds, and in the case of specific...
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How to Write a Memoir
Most of us are not taught how to live life, much less how to write a memoir. It can seem overwhelming to write your life story. But the key to writing a memoir — as with any large project — … Continue...
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What is a Memoir?
First of all, what is a memoir? A memoir is a story about your life, tracing your experiences, hopes, failures, success and triumphs. It’s also a way to share your wisdom and leave a legacy. Some...
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12 Tips on Writing Memoirs
Writing a memoir can be a daunting task. Everyday, you are excavating your memory mines and using those memories to create an artistic landscape. You know some basics of memoir writing, and you have...
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Ian McEwan – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ian Russell McEwan, CBE, FRSA, FRSL (born 21 June 1948) is an English novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, The Times featured him on their list of \”The 50 greatest British writers since 1945\”. McEwan...
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On Chesil Beach – Wikipedia
On Chesil Beach (ISBN 0385522401) is a 2007 novella by the Booker Prize-winning British writer Ian McEwan. The novel was selected for the 2007 Booker Prize shortlist. The Washington Post and Pulitzer...
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Ian McEwan: On Chesil Beach – video/audio/interviews
Ian McEwan: On Chesil Beach, part one – YouTube.Filed under: W Research, Writers, WRITING Tagged: Chesil Beach, Hosting, Ian, Ian McEwan, McEwan, Nima Arkani-Hamed, Sweet Tooth, YouTube
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Literature – Creating Character – good site
Memorable characters come alive for us while we read. They live on the page and in our hearts and minds. We cannot forget them. Yet, they are fictional; they don’t really exist. Be alert to characters...
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Learning about Characters – good site
Characters are either major or minor and either static (unchanging) or dynamic (changing). The character who dominates the story is the major character. Don’t be fooled however–you might never even see...
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Describing Setting
Eudora Welty said, “Every story would be another story, and unrecognizable if it took up its characters and plot and happened somewhere else… Fiction depends for its life on place. Place is the...
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What a setting tells us
In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” the narrator carefully describes the house that Miss Emily lives in. This description helps us picture a decaying Mississippi town in the post-Civil War South....
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Analyzing Theme
What exactly is this elusive thing called theme? The theme of a fable is its moral. The theme of a parable is its teaching. The theme of a piece of fiction is its view about life and how people behave....
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Finding the Theme
Here are some ways to uncover the theme in a story: Check out the title. Sometimes it tells you a lot about the theme. Notice repeating patterns and symbols. Sometimes these lead you to the theme. What...
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Constructing a Plot
If an author writes, “The king died and then the queen died,” there is no plot for a story. But by writing, “The king died and then the queen died of grief,” the writer has provided a plot line for …...
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What goes into a plot?
Narrative tradition calls for developing stories with particular pieces–plot elements–in place. Exposition is the information needed to understand a story. Complication is the catalyst that begins the...
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Exploring Point of View
An automobile accident occurs. Two drivers are involved. Witnesses include four sidewalk spectators, a policeman, a man with a video camera who happened to be shooting the scene, and the pilot of a...
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Exploring Point of View – different types
Objective Point of View With the objective point of view, the writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story\’s action and dialogue. The narrator never discloses...
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Use Archetypes to Create Literary Characters
In essence, any literary character is drawn from one or more archetypes. An archetype is basically the pattern for a character, associated with a trait or a concept. Archetypes are most easily...
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Dialogue Dos and Don’ts
Good dialogue can be tricky. It needs to move the story forward and reveal important character information without seeming artificial. It needs to seem realistic without actually being realistic....
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Winter Journal: Paul Auster – Amazon reviews
At nearly 64, one of our greatest modern writers is feeling his age. In his quietly transfixing new memoir, Winter Journal, Paul Auster meditates on what it means for his mind, body, and creativity to...
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness: William Styron: Amazon reviews
A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron’s true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal depression. Styron is perhaps the first...
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Dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder | Personal story of an Army...
Fighting the War at Home A soldier returns safely after surviving sniper fire and roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the hypervigilance and suppressed emotions that kept him alive have taken a...
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FICTION short story: The Contract, by Paula Cunniffe.
The Contract After work each Friday, your father and I liked to take off from the city for a different adventure each time. Once we ended up in Bluff just because we felt like some oysters. Well, he...
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FICTION – short story for Children: The Princess, by Paula Cunniffe
The Princess ‘Eight year olds shouldn’t be roaming the street at six o’clock in the morning,’ she once remembered her mother say on the telephone, and with a sharp inhale of shock. Amanda wondered if...
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FICTION – short story: The Taxi, by Paula Cunniffe
The Taxi ‘Don’t you have a hug for your husband?’ said Doug. The woman with a lone suitcase stood before him, crisply dressed in a faded skirt and blouse from the Sallies. Around them, the station was...
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