The Write Life

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Besides, there are plenty of free writing contests that encourage and inspire boundless creativity with real cash prizes and career-advancing opportunities! One of the best-loved small presses in the creative writing world, Graywolf Press hosts a variety of contests for both established and up-and-coming writers. Deadline: Monthly.

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 12, 2024

It’s little wonder then why writers, bloggers, copywriters, students, and creatives from all fields use swipe files to fine-tune their writing skills and brainstorm fresh ideas. Let Your Swipe File be Your Gold Mine Creativity is often mistaken for being haunted by a mythical muse. But what is a swipe file anyway?

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

It took me following my interest, and growing as a writer and as an artist, to start exploring that more creative side of writing. Then I wrote a business book called The Salesperson Paradox , and it was in conjunction with my sales consulting company at the time, and that was how I started into my creative career. So we're in Europe.

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Smart Blogger

APRIL 13, 2023

Learn more here: 57 Metaphor Examples That’ll Pack Your Prose With Persuasion Allegory vs Parable Allegories and parables are very similar because they both have two layers of meaning and are complete stories. But here’s how the parable differs from allegory: Less symbolism.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 29, 2023

I use and recommend Sudowrite as part of my creative process. You can try Sudowrite through my affiliate link: www.TheCreativePenn.com/sudowrite Amit Gupta is a science fiction writer, entrepreneur, and founder of Sudowrite, an AI-powered creative writing tool. It's almost like a creativity booster. Amit: Thanks, Joanna.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

How does a creative career develop over the long term and when do you need to take a step back to consider how to move forward? Please complete my Creative Penn Survey 2022 here (by 7 Oct). So, the way I look at transmedia storytelling is it's basically telling a single story or story experience across many different formats.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 21, 2024

How can we use AI tools to enhance and improve our creative process? How can we double down on being human by writing what we are passionate about, while still using generative AI to help fulfil our creative vision? Let's talk more about your creative process. Can you tell us— How does your creative process work with AI?

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Smart Blogger

JUNE 6, 2023

Our exploration into creative writing will uncover not one, not two, but ten powerful secrets to crafting spellbinding stories that readers can’t resist. Ready to stir the cauldron of creativity and brew some enchanting narratives? Love the magic of a beautifully told tale? You’ve landed at the right place. The payoff?

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Income Diary

AUGUST 29, 2023

The constant pressure to stay creative, to keep producing fresh ideas is daunting. I often find myself in a creative rut, staring blankly at the screen, words just out of my grasp. Write them so they are in the tone of an “off the wall” creative type and in the fun style of copywriter Andre Chaperon. Be you thought it was sex!

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Smart Blogger

MAY 26, 2023

It embodies the tone of your prose, the cadence of your sentences, and the specific words you choose. Creative Writing In the realm of creative writing , the world is but a stage and words, the actors. Mastery in this style can transform simple anecdotes into captivating tales, and make your storytelling come alive!

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 9, 2023

Beyond mere writing, organizational tools step in as the backbone of your creative process. And for those moments when you’re uncertain about your prose, grammar and style checkers, such as Grammarly and Hemingway Editor , stand ready to polish your words, ensuring your initial drafts mirror your vision closely. Start simple.

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Jane Friedman

JULY 26, 2023

But to effectively execute this elevated brand of first-person narrative, writers must navigate a complex set of rules and avoid any number of pitfalls that will turn a novel into a flat, dull expanse of prose. This is a prose-killing mistake. These narrators aren’t people, they’re weak filters for storytelling. (If

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Smart Blogger

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Example of Euphemism Because of humanity’s understandable aversion to death, we have come up with quite a few creative ways to describe death and dying: Pushing up daisies Going the way of the dinosaur Kicking the bucket 5. Poets use anastrophe as an easy rhyme scheme in poetry , and prose writers use it to sound… wiser? Romeo, Romeo!

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 30, 2023

Do you need some pizazz for your prose? Cringe Humor We have all experienced cringe moments in our lives, which is why this type of humor works so well in storytelling. However, it actually requires a lot of creativity and wit to write jokes that are offensive or tasteless but still funny. to your writing?

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 13, 2025

Avoid the temptation to compare your prose to that of writers who are further down the path. You might, for example, favor compound sentences or baroque prose because its the predominant writing style in your mother tongue. Other times, it will stifle your prose and bring confusion.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 4, 2024

At the time, I had an MFA in fiction, and I was working on a creative writing PhD. In Story, McKee argues that there is a classical design for storytelling, and here’s where the commercial side lies. It’s not that we’re actively told to avoid the traditional modes of storytelling, it’s just that other modes are privileged.

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Freelance Magic

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The company wanted “flowery” descriptions that oozed with storytelling, so I also drew on my experience of writing short stories to show that I could combine the factual element of writing descriptions with compelling prose. In the travel company I worked for, I’d written hundreds of hotel descriptions.

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