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==Before Writing==
==Before Writing==
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{{ws/table header}}
|- style="background-color: silver;"
{{ws/table row odd|[[Making Miracles]]||[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="width: 30%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"                                | Title
{{ws/table row even|[[The Message at the Center of the Novel]]||[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="width: 45%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | Description
{{ws/table row odd|[[Pigging Out]]||[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="width: 15%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | Author
{{ws/table row even|[[The Pornography Trap]]||[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
|- style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"
{{ws/table row odd|[[Putting first things first|Putting First Things First]]||[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[Making Miracles]]  
{{ws/table row even|[[Title stolen|Title Stolen by Evil, Inc.]]|Creating and writing villains|[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | <<Needs a blurb>>
{{ws/table row odd|[[The Tail Tale]]|Avoiding cliches and common pitfalls of TF fiction|[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
{{ws/table row even|[[Writing Fantasy]]|Tips about writing good fantasy|[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
|- style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: 1px dotted black;"
|} <!--- this ends the table --->
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[The Message at the Center of the Novel]]
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | &lt;&lt;Needs a blurb&gt;&gt;
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|- style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[Pigging Out]]  
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | &lt;&lt;Needs a blurb&gt;&gt;
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|- style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: 1px dotted black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[The Pornography Trap]]
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | &lt;&lt;Needs a blurb&gt;&gt;
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|- style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[Putting first things first|Putting First Things First]]  
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | &lt;&lt;Needs a blurb&gt;&gt;
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|- style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: 1px dotted black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[Title stolen|Title Stolen by Evil, Inc.]]
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | Creating and writing villains  
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|- style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[The Tail Tale]]  
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | Avoiding cliches and common pitfalls of TF fiction
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|- style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: 1px dotted black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[Writing Fantasy]]
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | Tips about writing good fantasy  
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|}


==Writing the Story==
==Writing the Story==
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{{ws/table header}}
|- style="background-color: silver;"
{{ws/table row odd|[[How's this for openers|How's This For Openers]]||[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="width: 30%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"                                | Title
{{ws/table row even|[[Lights, camera, action|Lights, Camera, Action!]]|Tips about writing good action sequences|[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="width: 45%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | Description
|}
| style="width: 15%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | Author
|- style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[How's this for openers|How's This For Openers]]  
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | &lt;&lt;Needs a blurb&gt;&gt;
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|- style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: 1px dotted black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[Lights, camera, action|Lights, Camera, Action!]]
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | Tips about writing good action sequences
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|}


==After Writing==
==After Writing==
{| style="width: 85%; border: 1px solid black; border-top: none; border-bottom: none; margin: 0px auto;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
{{ws/table header}}
|- style="background-color: silver;"
{{ws/table row odd|[[The E-Publishing Dilemma]]||[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="width: 30%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"                                | Title
{{ws/table row even|[[Getting published|Getting Published]]|Tips and Tricks for those people wishing to get published|[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="width: 45%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | Description
{{ws/table row odd|[[The letter|The Letter]]||[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="width: 15%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | Author
|}
|- style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[The E-Publishing Dilemma]]  
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | &lt;&lt;Needs a blurb&gt;&gt;
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|- style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: 1px dotted black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[Getting published|Getting Published]]
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | Tips and Tricks for those people wishing to get published
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|- style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[The letter|The Letter]]  
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | Patience is a Virtue, young Padawan
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|}


==General Advice==
==General Advice==
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{{ws/table header}}
|- style="background-color: silver;"
{{ws/table row odd|[[Beating block|Beating Block]]|Different Methods of Beating Writers Block|[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="width: 30%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"                                | Title
{{ws/table row even|[[Getting small|Getting Small]]|Age Regression and the world through a childs eyes|[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="width: 45%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | Description
{{ws/table row odd|[[Going soft|Going Soft]]|Through the eyes of a member of the opposite sex|[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="width: 15%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | Author
{{ws/table row even|[[The Horror, the Horror]]|Writing Horror Stories|[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
|- style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"
{{ws/table row odd|[[The proper tool|The Proper Tool]]||[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[Beating block|Beating Block]]  
{{ws/table row even|[[Experience]]|Personal adventures and experience breeds better stories|[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | Different Methods of Beating Writers Block  
{{ws/table row odd|[[Why we write|Why We Write]]||[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
{{ws/table row even|[[Writers Groups And Other Support Mechanisms]]||[[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]}}
|- style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: 1px dotted black;"
|}
| style="padding-left: 5%; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | [[Getting small|Getting Small]]
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | Age Regression and the world through a childs eyes
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|- style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[Going soft|Going Soft]]  
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | Through the eyes of a member of the opposite sex
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|- style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: 1px dotted black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | [[The Horror, the Horror]]
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | Writing Horror Stories
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|- style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[The proper tool|The Proper Tool]]  
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | &lt;&lt;Needs a blurb&gt;&gt;
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|- style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: 1px dotted black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | [[Experience]]
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | Personal adventures and experience breeds better stories
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|- style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%;"                                  | [[Why we write|Why We Write]]  
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | &lt;&lt;Needs a blurb&gt;&gt;
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|- style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: 1px dotted black;"
| style="padding-left: 5%; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | [[Writers Groups And Other Support Mechanisms]]
| style="padding-left: 5px; border-left: 1px dotted black;"  | &lt;&lt;Needs a blurb&gt;&gt;
| style="text-align: center; border-left: 1px dotted black;" | [[User:Rabbit|Rabbit]]
|}


==Article Series==
==Article Series==

Revision as of 22:30, 8 January 2008

Writing is one of the oldest artforms, but writing fiction is one of the newest. Like any other artform it looks deceptively easy to get into, but once you start the hidden troubles show up. The best authors will tell you that you can't just learn how to write, but this is only partially true. There is a facet to writing that is a learned skill and a facet that you have to be born with.

To the layperson writing is simply stringing words together into a coherent whole. And, to an extent, that is the truth—it's also the part of the art that can be taught. Anyone can learn how to string words together into a coherent sentence and string hundreds of those sentences into a coherent story, but unless you are born with the gift of knowing how to tell a story the end product is, more often than not, bland and built of tiresome cliches and rehashed plots. But if you have been born a storyteller the end product shines, what cliches and rehashed plots it may contain used and retold in such a manner that they seem new again.

This “Writers School” is an attempt to break that mold. Not only is it going to try and teach those people who are born storytellers ways to improve their skills, but it is going to try and teach people how to tell the stories. In here you can find articles on creating believable characters and worlds, tips about how to escape many common pitfalls that snare many writers.

Before Writing

Title Description Author
Making Miracles {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
The Message at the Center of the Novel {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Pigging Out {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
The Pornography Trap {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Putting First Things First {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Title Stolen by Evil, Inc. {{#if:Creating and writing villains|Creating and writing villains|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
The Tail Tale {{#if:Avoiding cliches and common pitfalls of TF fiction|Avoiding cliches and common pitfalls of TF fiction|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Writing Fantasy {{#if:Tips about writing good fantasy|Tips about writing good fantasy|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit

Writing the Story

Title Description Author
How's This For Openers {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Lights, Camera, Action! {{#if:Tips about writing good action sequences|Tips about writing good action sequences|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit

After Writing

Title Description Author
The E-Publishing Dilemma {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Getting Published {{#if:Tips and Tricks for those people wishing to get published|Tips and Tricks for those people wishing to get published|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
The Letter {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit

General Advice

Title Description Author
Beating Block {{#if:Different Methods of Beating Writers Block|Different Methods of Beating Writers Block|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Getting Small {{#if:Age Regression and the world through a childs eyes|Age Regression and the world through a childs eyes|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Going Soft {{#if:Through the eyes of a member of the opposite sex|Through the eyes of a member of the opposite sex|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
The Horror, the Horror {{#if:Writing Horror Stories|Writing Horror Stories|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
The Proper Tool {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Experience {{#if:Personal adventures and experience breeds better stories|Personal adventures and experience breeds better stories|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Why We Write {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Writers Groups And Other Support Mechanisms {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit

Article Series

The Five C's by Rabbit

  1. Creation
  2. Composition
  3. Critiquing
  4. Completion
  5. Commercialization

Advanced Topics

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