This little piggy was not created as an ornament, but has been donned by many of my “Christmas Trees” (in quotes because instead of a tree, I have used a hat rack, or gathered fallen branches). A festive and naughty pig, note the Mardi Gras beads and dirty feet, perhaps she represents the greed, gluttonyContinue reading “#FD2017 Final Days Of 2017 Day 3: Pretty, Naughty Pig”
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#FD2017 Final Days Of 2017 Day 2: Explore Your Preface
I know what you’re thinking. Why is that a silly ornament? It’s a pretty angel. A nice silver ornament. But take a closer look. What’s she wearing that hat for? Is she going on safari? And what is she doing? Smashing some vines into a crescent moon? And what’s going on with her neck onContinue reading “#FD2017 Final Days Of 2017 Day 2: Explore Your Preface”
Final Days Of 2017! #FD2017 Day 1: Creating Achievable Goals
For our visual prompts this month, I thought it would be fun to share some of the odd ornaments I’ve been given and some strange things I’ve used as ornaments. If you have some strange or funny ornaments that you would like to share as a visual prompt here on Experience Writing please let meContinue reading “Final Days Of 2017! #FD2017 Day 1: Creating Achievable Goals”
Twitter #Hashtags That Motivate Revision
Twitter did not appeal to me at first (or second or third). So why, you ask, would I write this post? Recently, I find myself enjoying it more and more. There are lots of fun challenges for writers and the character limitation ends up being a great revision tool. How Twitter can help your revisionContinue reading “Twitter #Hashtags That Motivate Revision”
Revision: Adding Videos to Your Blog
You can see why I put this under the revision topic, I’m revising my post of Gator McBumpypants’ first movie. Why didn’t I think of this yesterday? So, how did I do it? It was much easier than I thought. When I clicked on Add Media above my draft’s text box, like I usually doContinue reading “Revision: Adding Videos to Your Blog”
Revision: Some great tips on youtube
Hi everyone. Last week, gnlong so kindly shared a link to a youtube video about revision, Novel Revision: Craft a Story Readers Can’t Put Down a presentation by James Scott Bell. It had a lot of good information and tips for revising a manuscript. Surprisingly, the tip I took away from the presentation was toContinue reading “Revision: Some great tips on youtube”