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Dutch Hill News (my blog)

by Annie

Rated: E · Book · News · #1505104

Useful information I think you will like to know, inspirations, comments, and more!

Welcome to my blog!

I'm planning to use it for logging:

bits and pieces of stories: writing exercises that turned out well, story ideas, ...

links to other items I recommend reading on writing.com, and why I like them

short articles, notes, and information about specific topics

results of polls and surveys I created

my goals for the year

more about who I am, my values, my interests

links to authors I like and why I like them

anecdotes

anything else that I think may interest other authors, my family, and my friends

Feel free to give me your comments! I want this blog to be interactive as much as possible. Come visit often!

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Brooklyn

Nov 29, 2009 at 9:37pm
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Thank you so much for this most unexpected gesture. I'm thrilled that you had fun at our seasonal event and I look forward to seeing you at the next one in January!

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and again, thank you so much.

~ Brooke

Tamara H

Nov 26, 2009 at 1:11am
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I found your blog!!!

It took me a moment to find the comment box. Still recovering from pumpkin incident. Ha ha.

Happy birthday!!! I love WDC. Love it.

Hyperiongate

Nov 25, 2009 at 10:44pm
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Annie,

This is a very thoughtful blog and I am sure all of the others appreciate your thoughts as much as I do.

Have a Happy Happy,

Cheers.

Jim

reilly

Oct 4, 2009 at 1:39pm
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This may be a tad bit late, but nevertheless...
Congrats!
It's a great accomplishment!

Reyah

Sep 19, 2009 at 2:42pm
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Congrats!! Woot!

Party!!!

Riot

Sep 19, 2009 at 12:40pm
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Grats! I am so happy for you!

JACE

Sep 19, 2009 at 11:56am
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Congratulations, my friend. I made Preferred about the time you joined ... and I went through ALL the same thoughts as you, I think. It is nice to be recognized. Keep up the great work.

Reyah

Sep 18, 2009 at 2:22pm
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The Query Shark is one rocking blog! She's brutal, but right and funny!

I adore her!

JACE

Sep 14, 2009 at 5:25pm
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I too enjoy O. Henry--always loved the twist. Recently, our local community theater group performed a live version of Gift of the Magi. A little trivia for you (and a bit of hope for all of use who miss the little errors in our stories. The opening lines for Gift of the Magi are:

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies.

Notice anything? How about of the eighty-seven cents, only sixty cents of it was in pennies. Would have to be sixty-two to make one dollar and eighty-seven cents correct.

That's always been an endearing part of that story for me. Nice tribute to a great man.

Jace

JACE

Aug 19, 2009 at 12:23pm
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Congratulations on all your goals. Exactly what I hope to do (I joined that group too).

I remember when I started using the Review Tool--I wondered the same thing: why didn't I do that sooner.

Now, I have at least eight separate templates for the various groups that I review for. Definitely makes life easier.

Good luck with everything, my friend.

Jace

October 26, 2020 at 1:08pm

#996807

Random Plot Generator

I discovered this site recently, while taking the NaNoWriMo 101 training class: https://writingexercises.co.uk/plotgenerator.php

I'm playing with it, to see if it would help my creative juices flowing again with short stories. Here's an example:

Main character: A man in his early thirties, who is very caring.
Character 2: A woman in her sixties, who can be quite stubborn.
Setting: The story begins in a nightclub.
Situation: A sudden storm blows up.
Theme: It's a story about loneliness.
Character action: Your character sets out to change everyone's opinion

You can randomly select an element again to change it. The site also has a random name generator and other tools useful to fiction writers. Worth a try!

What do you use for new story ideas?

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