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Author Archives: Kelly Gunzenhauser
Writing Dystopian Fiction: Rollerball Is The Hunger Games
There has been plenty of commentary about how The Hunger Games, the latest teen-focused dystopian book and film craze, isn’t necessarily a new idea, just a very good version of an old idea, and Rollerball is pretty solid proof. Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Exercises, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Writers
Tagged dystopian, dystopian fiction, Rollerball, The Hunger Games, writing exercise
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7 Dos and Don’ts for Submitting Your Writing
Some pointers for writers to keep in mind for their manuscript submissions. Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Submissions 101, Writers
Tagged publishers, submission, submissions, Writing Links
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Friday Writing Exercise: Meet Mary Sue
Don’t be afraid to make your characters unattractive, or nasty at times, or less than perfect, or very different from you. What you are after is not perfection. What you are after is realism, complexity, motivation, believability. Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Exercises, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Writers
Tagged characters, comic con, fandom, mary sue, mary sue litmus test, Writing Links
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The Writer’s Life: 6 Things You Should Know
If you want to start a career as a writer—meaning, if you want writing to be your main or only source of income—then here are some things you should know. Continue reading
Friday Writing Exercise: Carrots and Sticks
When you really start writing for a living, as I do for at least part of the time, something happens. I hate to crush your dreams, but at some point it really does turn into work. Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Exercises, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Writers
Tagged to-do list, writing exercise, writing rewards
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Friday Writing Exercise: Make Your Characters Fight
If you are having trouble nailing down the finer aspects of a character, a good way to get to know her better is to make her have a fight with someone else. Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Exercises, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Writers
Tagged characters, fighting, writing exercise, writing fight scenes
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Friday Writing Exercise: Bad Endings
“There’s no crying in baseball!” “I loved you in The Wizard of Oz!” “Alice, you’re killing me!”* Yep, A League of Their Own is a great baseball movie. Nope, I am not through with sports writing yet. We aren’t writing … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Exercises, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Writers
Tagged baseball movies, sports writing, writing endings, writing exercise
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Friday Writing Exercise: Writing about Sports
Why are sports so popular in novels? For one thing, they have natural drama. There is inherent excitement, a winner and a loser, a struggle, and a dramatic outcome. Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Exercises, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Writers
Tagged sports writing, writing about sports, writing exercise
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Friday Writing Exercise: Are All Writers Neurotic?
Am I just a touch neurotic? Are all writers? Must they be, in order to be good at what they do—you know, that tortured artist thing? Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Exercises, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Writers
Tagged neurotic, tortured artist, writing exercise, writing neurosis
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Friday Writing Exercise: One of Those Days…
Normally, I love writing these blogs, but today I ask for your patience. I have had a bad day. I have a headache (I get a lot of migraines), had a rotten day at the office (mostly because I screwed up some things that I shouldn’t have and I am notoriously hard on myself), and I’m crabby. Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Exercises, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Writers
Tagged bad day, Judith Viorst, writing exercise
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Friday Writing Exercise: Blog Away!
You don’t have to have an actual blog to try this writing exercise. Write it on a napkin if need be. Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Exercises, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Writers
Tagged blogging, writing exercise
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Friday Writing Exercise: Unputdownability
If you are writing a novel, then “unputdownability” is what you should strive for in your writing if you want to snag a publisher, editor, or agent. Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Exercises, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Writers
Tagged book recommendations, page turner, submissions, writing exercise
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Friday Writing Exercise: Dialect for Your Dialogue
Trot down memory lane and think about how you talked during your childhood. This works especially well when you recall times your family members were shouting at each other, or when generations got together for special occasions. What weird phrases did you catch? Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Exercises, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Writers
Tagged accents, dialect in dialogue, writing dialogue, writing exercise
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Friday Writing Exercise: Do I Offend?
Do you have something that you are reluctant to finish, publish, or even to explore in your writing because you are afraid of what other people might think about it? Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Exercises, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Writers
Tagged writing exercise, Writing Links
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How to Translate Your Passion into Print: An Interview with the Co-Author of “Duke Sucks”
An interview (plus a writing exercise) with Andy Bagwell, co-author of Duke Sucks: A Completely Evenhanded, Unbiased Investigation into the Most Evil Team on Planet Earth. Continue reading
Friday Writing Exercise: Taking Inventory
Now is the perfect time of year to take inventory of your writing archives, and accept that you aren’t going to use every writing idea you generate. Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Exercises, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Writers
Tagged story ideas, writing exercise, writing ideas
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Friday Writing Exercise: Season’s Greetings from Snark-o the Christmas Elf
We don’t write letters much anymore. When was the last time you thought about writing a letter to someone? And, when was the last time you used letter writing as a device in your own writing? Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Exercises, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Writers
Tagged annual Christmas letter, letter writing, writers, writing exercise
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Friday Writing Exercise: Savor Your Writing
Unearth an old piece, or write a new one, and work on it for a solid week. Craft it. Use great language. Have a glass of wine as you read it aloud and savor it. Continue reading
Posted in Exercises, Kelly Gunzenhauser, Writers
Tagged blogging, texting, writing exercise, writing quality
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Friday Writing Exercise: The Continual Feast of Writing
The next best thing to eating food is writing about it. Now that your tummy is full from Thanksgiving, let’s give it a try. Continue reading
