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		<title>Quick Fan Story For Contest</title>
		<link>http://writing.cjcs.com/1136/quick-fan-story-for-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I&#8217;m back doing art, that doesn&#8217;t mean I just close the writing valve. I&#8217;m always writing. Usually, during the art periods,  it&#8217;s mostly blogs or development work for future writing projects, but sometimes a situation arises that simply cries out for words to be written. Such has been the case with a little fan-story contest thingy. So as not to be too duplicative, here&#8217;s a link to the full context as well as the story itself: My Wheaton/Scalzi Unicorn-Pegasus-Kitten &#8230; <a href="http://writing.cjcs.com/1136/quick-fan-story-for-contest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Write What You Know</title>
		<link>http://writing.cjcs.com/239/dont-write-what-you-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 04:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I read a lot of scripts and stories from new writers, I never realized that English teachers have done a great disservice to young people learning to write. These instructors say, "Write what you know." The thought being that since you know the subject, then the end result will benefit from the familiarity.  To that I say, Poppycock. <a href="http://writing.cjcs.com/239/dont-write-what-you-know/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>10 Tips on Critiquing for Writers and Readers</title>
		<link>http://writing.cjcs.com/367/10-tips-on-critiquing-for-writers-and-readers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 08:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writers often talk about needing readers during certain stages of the writing process. Perhaps the better word would be "critiquers" (I would say "critic", but that has bad connotations). These are the brave souls who read unfinished works and give their opinions about it. Seems easy, but it really isn't. <a href="http://writing.cjcs.com/367/10-tips-on-critiquing-for-writers-and-readers/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>But I Don&#8217;t Wanna Rewrite!</title>
		<link>http://writing.cjcs.com/385/but-i-dont-wanna-rewrite/</link>
		<comments>http://writing.cjcs.com/385/but-i-dont-wanna-rewrite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rewriting is a pain in the arse. There's no getting around it. It's time-consuming and often tedious. When you're rewriting yourself, it's even more difficult. Still, this is a huge part of the craft of writing. All writers have to become good at it. <a href="http://writing.cjcs.com/385/but-i-dont-wanna-rewrite/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Story &#8211; Part 4: Building the Plot</title>
		<link>http://writing.cjcs.com/343/building-a-story-part-4-building-the-plot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the pieces are in place, elements of plot are developed. <a href="http://writing.cjcs.com/343/building-a-story-part-4-building-the-plot/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Story &#8211; Part 3: The Support Character and Plot Happens</title>
		<link>http://writing.cjcs.com/341/building-a-story-part-3-the-support-character-and-plot-happens/</link>
		<comments>http://writing.cjcs.com/341/building-a-story-part-3-the-support-character-and-plot-happens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the addition of our primary support character, we can then turn out attention to the plot itself. <a href="http://writing.cjcs.com/341/building-a-story-part-3-the-support-character-and-plot-happens/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Story &#8211; Part 1: Premise and Parents</title>
		<link>http://writing.cjcs.com/336/building-a-story-part-1-premise-and-parents/</link>
		<comments>http://writing.cjcs.com/336/building-a-story-part-1-premise-and-parents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you make a story? Individually, all the tips and hints you get about writing, while useful, are pretty much left for the writer to implement for themselves. This multi-part blog is intended to be a live-as-it-happens exploration in how to put everything together to construct a story. <a href="http://writing.cjcs.com/336/building-a-story-part-1-premise-and-parents/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Developing Interesting Characters</title>
		<link>http://writing.cjcs.com/372/developing-interesting-characters/</link>
		<comments>http://writing.cjcs.com/372/developing-interesting-characters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Character Building One topic that can get different writers into an argument concerns the relative importance of plot vs character. What&#8217;s more important: the events that happen in a story, or the characters and how they develop? I started out as a plot is more important sort of guy, but now the scales tip more in the direction of character development. Not all the way&#8230; I still think how a story is constructed is important, but as I wrote more &#8230; <a href="http://writing.cjcs.com/372/developing-interesting-characters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tricks For Creating Believable Dialog</title>
		<link>http://writing.cjcs.com/381/tricks-for-creating-believable-dialog/</link>
		<comments>http://writing.cjcs.com/381/tricks-for-creating-believable-dialog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The one thing that new writers probably do worse than anything else (other than maybe spelling and grammar) is writing dialog. They want to make it "real" and like how people actually talk. They figure <a href="http://writing.cjcs.com/381/tricks-for-creating-believable-dialog/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Dreaded Writer&#8217;s Block</title>
		<link>http://writing.cjcs.com/364/the-dreaded-writers-block/</link>
		<comments>http://writing.cjcs.com/364/the-dreaded-writers-block/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I could beat around the bush and make you wait until the end of this, but I'll save you some time...writer's block does not exist. There. I said it. In fact, I'll say it again: writer's block does not exist. <a href="http://writing.cjcs.com/364/the-dreaded-writers-block/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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