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Art Thief Alert #14. This time, the thief in question is 'creepypastaislit'. You know what to do: report the stolen content in question as 'violating someone else's intellectual property', and then block the user. Edit: Okay...so, it looks like this particular instance may have been a misunderstanding stemming from this guy accidentally posting a character he already sold. Keeping this up in case that isn't what happened, though. Edit 2: Yep, this one's a false alarm. Damage is already done, however.

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A Writers Guide to Avoiding Scams

In the age of the internet, scammers are numerous. Armature and hobbyist writers are a common targets. More often than not, its money that is taken and not the writing itself. Contests, commissions and bogus publishing opportunities are common, but also thanks to the internet, we can fight these scams as a whole. While we can keep other writers well-informed, a lot of these opportunities are unfortunately legal, and there’s only so much we can do. Use common sense. If something looks sketchy, there is a good chance it is. A lot of scams are like the well-know Canadian lottery scam, except meant for writers. If they seem more excited ab

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7 Tips for Editing a Novel

PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE THIS PAGE WILL REMAIN ACTIVE FOR PURPOSES OF EDUCATION AND RECORDS, IT IS OUTDATED. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE NEWEST VERSION. 7 Tips for Editing a Novel Once you, a friend, or a client have finished the first draft of any type of work, you reach the editing stage. Unfortunately, I have found very little literature as to the editing process, save for grammar tips and some technical clean-ups. For this reason, I am writing a few quick tips for editing the first draft of a written work—particularly works of fiction. Tip 1: Let the story sit. I have heard that C. S. Lewis let his stories sit an entire year after th

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7 Considerations for World-building with Purpose

PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE THIS PAGE WILL REMAIN ACTIVE FOR PURPOSES OF EDUCATION AND RECORDS, IT IS OUTDATED. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE NEWEST VERSION. 7 Considerations for World-building with Purpose “Anybody Can Write a Novel”   Chapter 1 World-building – Section 1 Story Types With Links to Supplementary Material When crafting a novel, the first thing you need to know is what type of story you are writing. I'm sure that anybody reading this has a pretty good idea of what they want their story to be about. But for writing with strategic purpose, it is important to answer a few specific questions. Doing so will allow you to

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How to Write Plot-Based Dialogue

Let's think about this logically. Writing fiction is about telling a story. Every story revolves around a plot. Every plot is carried out by characters, and characters carry out the plot through action and dialogue. Dialogue comes from characters for the purpose of advancing plot to tell a story. Therefore, dialogue should only exist to serve the purpose of advancing plot and revealing character motivation or history that in turn advances the plot. That's why dialogue exists. This brings me to my main point. If you take away nothing else from this article, take away this: Only write dialogue that serves the purpose of advancing your plot. I

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5 Tips for Cultural Diversity in Writing

5 Tips for Cultural Diversity in Writing Anybody Can Write a Novel   Chapter 7 “From Story to Art” – Section 4 “Diversity” With Links to Supplementary Material Diversity—it almost seems a trap word meant for snaring unwitting people into a political debate. But why is it important to writing? Many will argue that it is a means of political correctness, popularity, and seeming hip to all your liberal friends at the coffee shop. While coffee shop creds are pretty important, the real reason for creating a diversity of religion, nationality, culture, ethnicity, philosophy, sexual orientation, gender, econom

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Upgrading From Fan Fiction to Original Fiction

Last year I was also supposed to write some original fiction and participate in Nanowrimo. That didn’t happen. I think it’s partially because I was a fan fiction author and I found making the step from fan fiction writing to original writing so daunting. The benefits of writing fan fiction    1.    The inspiration can come to you immediately. Lets face it, as fan fiction authors the first thoughts come when watching a movie, TV series or reading a book and going, ‘What if this happened?’ It’s easier for me to draw inspiration from there than other places to be honest.    2.    Any from of writing practice i

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Plot Twists - A Few Quick Tips

First things first--plot twists have to be planned if you really want to pull them off. It’s hard to add a good or even passible plot twist after you’ve already started planning and writing your story. If you think you need a twist because what you’re writing doesn’t seem able to stand on it’s own or isn’t interesting enough without a twist, adding a one in isn’t going to help much. You’ve got to plan the twist from the beginning so that it make sense and, while it still surprises the reader, they won’t feel like you cheated or tried to pull one over on them. Once you know why your story

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Poetic Devices

SharkNotes Part 1: The Basics of Poetics Poetic Devices Brought to you by E-Shark47 What is a Poetic Device? A poetic device is a usage of words and phrases to achieve a certain effect. These effects can range from modification of rhyme and rhythm to some witty wordplay. Poetic devices are powerful add-ons that can be implemented in a poem. Poetic devices are also a must for people writing free verse. But don't think poetic devices are restricted to poetry. It can also be implemented in prose as well. In fact, prose poetry is prose that utilizes poetic devices. Subcategories There are two main subcategories of poetic devices. These inc

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So You Want to Join an RP Group

So You Want to Join an RP Group A Guide to Creating and Playing Original Group RP Characters Disclaimer: People have different styles of roleplaying. This centers around the style that I and my friends use. When reading instructional manuals for creative endeavors, always take suggestions with the knowledge that everyone likes different things. Introduction RP groups are a lot of fun. After having exclusively done single one on one roleplays for the last nine or ten years, I only recently discovered the world of the deviantArt RP group. Many -- sometimes even hundreds! -- people gather in one location, all interested in the same base conc

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Ami Hiromi's story

Basic Info: Name: Ami Hiromi Age in Pre Shippuden: 12-13 Age in Shippuden: 16-18 Kekkei Genkai: Shoton or Crystal Kekkiei Genkai Jutsu: Tearing Crystal, Falling Dragon, Growing Crystal Thorns, Crystal Wheel,   Crystal lance, and String of Glory. Rival: Natsume Yuuka Pre Shippuden: She was born in to the Hiromi clan on October 4. She was the daughter of Kazumi Hiromi and Disuke Hiromi and the younger sister of Erina Hriomi. Shortly *few weeks* after her birth her father died in the fight against Kyubi. Her mum and Sister were devastated.   Around the age of eight her sister left for a mission and never came b

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The ergonomics of crafting: 7 tips to avoid pain

  Artisan Crafts Week A few months ago our dear Brookette (https://www.deviantart.com/brookette) made a very interesting journal sharing her experience with arthritic pain, and the changes she made to her crocheting tools. Pain and arthritis can be so intense that they can actually stop you from crafting (the nightmare :stare:). I want to invite you to start taking care of your hands and your body now, before you get irreparable damage. Don't wait until you start feeling pain!! By that time the damage is done and all you can do is try to manage the pain. I wrote a few tips to help you, and I urge you to implement them as soon as possible. Crafting is some serious business -

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