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Tag Archives: romance
Less Is More
In my article yesterday, I spoke about sex scenes in fiction, and how what was once taboo is now being accepted with such grandiose openness, with books like ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’, aka ‘mommy porn’ as referred to by the … Continue reading
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Whatever Happened To Less Is More
The other day my friend’s fifteen year old daughter asked me if I have read ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’. When I said no, she went on to wonder whether it is like the Harlequin books or erotica, or porn. I … Continue reading
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Tagged author, blog, book, books, creative writing, dreams, Ellen DeGeneres, emotion, family, feelings, fiction, Fifty Shades Of Grey, film, Gustave Flaubert, ideas, imagination, joy, kiss, life, literature, love, Nicholas Sparks, novel, Paris, people, publishing, racing, reading, romance, scene, sex, story, teenager, thoughts, tweet, words, write, writer, writing
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The Plot Is Simply
“All human happiness and misery take the form of action.” Aristotle Since my young years as a student in high school, I have underlined and highlighted words, sentences, paragraphs and pages of description, characterization, scenes and setting from the different … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, blog, book, books, characters, creative, creative writing, diary, digital, dreams, emotion, English, faith, feelings, fiction, film, happy, high school, home, ideas, language, lessons, library, life, literature, love, memories, novel, people, poetry, romance, story, thoughts, words, work, write, writer, writing
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Lady Gaga Says It Right
“You need to know the structure. You need to know what you can and cannot do. You should really stay true to your own style.” Jude Deveraux What is a writer’s voice? Is it the writer’s style? Is it who … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, blog, book, books, contest, creative writing, crime, fans, fiction, home, horror, job, Lady Gaga, language, lessons, library, life, literature, live, love, music, mystery, nature, novel, picture, play, poetry, romance, science, Stephen King, story, style, success, thoughts, words, write, writer, writing
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The Miracle of Miracles
Do you believe in miracles and fairy tales? A miracle according to Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary is a wonder, an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs: an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, accomplishment. A fairy is … Continue reading
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They Usually Have A Beginning That Never Stops Beginning
Steven Spielberg once said: “People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don’t have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.” By definition a story is: An oral or written … Continue reading
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