ProfessorSJB

Long ago, in a land and time far from our own, the worlds were in chaos. Prose was destroyed by clichés, stereotypes ruled with iron fists, and the terrain was made treacherous by plot holes of every size and hazard. What’s worse, there appeared to be no end in sight for the tortures oppressing readers of every genre.
Then they came.
Like su…[Read more]

After reading Brandon’s post this morning, I got thinking about journaling and how that could help with writing well.

Now, I don’t journal. I’ve always loved the idea. My sister does it a lot, and I’ve tried multiple times. I’ve tried everything from an ordinary journal to a fun, artsy bullet journal, but none of them really stick.

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IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN, MEERKATS. The time to draw your pens and write!! Word war time!!!

It’s pretty simple, but here’s the dates of the competition, just so you know.

Between the dates of February 25, 12:00 am, and March 3, 11:59 pm, keep track of how many words you write. There’s a slight change to how we’re going to do the scoring this time…[Read more]

Did I forget to do our ‘weekly’ thread last week?

Yes. Yes I did.

You all have permission to throw tomatoes at me. 😛

This week, I’m going to have a look at how to write a blurb without all the tears and pain. Unless it’s just me who seriously dreads writing blurbs. 😅

First off, what is your blurb meant to do?

Your blurb is what someone…[Read more]

Alright, guys. Ignoring the fact that I forgot to write this yesterday….IT’S SYNOPSIS TIME!

Before I begin, I want to clear up one little thing.

A book synopsis is a three- to four-page summary of your book, that tells your story from beginning to end, outlining the important plot scenes and character development moments and twists. These…[Read more]

It’s been a literal AGE since we last did a guild war, but we guild masters are finally kicking ourselves into gear and we’ve got another show on the road! WHO’S EXCITED???

Okay, let’s get to the actual plan.

The prompt: write a story with a non-cliché happy ending.

The dates: Monday 4th – Monday 18th

Same drill as always.

1. We bra…

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As you could probably tell by the title, this topic will be dealing with Inside Out, which unlike the other three analysis topics is a cartoon. But, if you’ve seen the movie, I think you’ll agree that is a very well-done and surprisingly powerful film. The question is, why is it so good? How were the writers able to take a film medium designated…[Read more]