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    Creative Writing 101: How to Get Started
    Creative Writing 101: How to Get Started
    Creative Writing 101: How to Get Started
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    Creative Writing 101: How to Get Started

    By Teri Montague

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    Do you want to learn creative writing but don't know where to start? This books brings you straightforward tips about where to begin. Learn to develop your own voice and keep writing fun. Includes a series of articles and a fun list designed to help develop your writing voice and own personal style.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTeri Montague
    Release dateMay 4, 2016
    ISBN9781311108197
    Creative Writing 101: How to Get Started
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    Teri Montague

    Teri Montague was born in 1983 in Blackburn, a small working-class town in Lancashire. She worked for several years in customer service before returning to education to pursue her love of writing fantasy fiction. She graduated from Blackburn College in 2014 with a 2nd Class Degree in English Language and Literary Studies with honours. A lifelong fantasy fan, she has written several short ebooks, a creative writing advice blog for beginners, a collection of ebooks under the pseudonym bardicblogger and the fantasy trilogy Xorés. She is also an avid gamer and geek..

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    • 4/5
      Real good quick guide to help nudge a writer in the right direction of making a book.
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      I tried so hard to make it past the list of rules, but the amount of typos (especially in sentences where the author is saying don't get too picky editing) is just not conducive to me learning something.
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    Creative Writing 101 - Teri Montague

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    All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Teri Montague

    Creative Writing 101

    How to Get Started

    By Bardicblogger

    Contents

    My Unofficial Writing Rules
    Opening Scenes in Fiction
    How to Start Writing Fiction
    Finding Your Voice
    Writing from a Perspective
    The Perils of Being Too Organized
    Story Ideas Where They Really Come From

    My Unofficial Writing Rules

    Feel free to disagree with these rules. These are just what I have found works for me.

    1. Don’t butcher your writing, revise it but don’t hack it to pieces.

    2. Keep it as your baby and not your finances. You can still plan to sell it but don’t forget your love for it.

    3. Money is for survival alone and nothing to do with ART.

    4. Patience, don’t let bad situations push you into rushing or writing something

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