Free Spirit Universe https://www.freespirituniverse.org Home of the Sorcerer and Friends Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:44:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 12628442 Writers’ Craft and Creativity https://www.freespirituniverse.org/art-and-craft-in-writing/ https://www.freespirituniverse.org/art-and-craft-in-writing/#respond Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:48:01 +0000 http://www.freespirituniverse.org/?p=656 Craft You can learn the Craft with someone teaching you or through study. There are plenty of methodologies available; pick one. Myself, I prefer Larry Brooks’ ideas and teaching, but find at least one to follow at least until you learn the minimum basics (which are quite high in today’s market). Creativity This is a […]

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]]> https://www.freespirituniverse.org/art-and-craft-in-writing/feed/ 0 656 Killing the Inner Circle Darlings https://www.freespirituniverse.org/killing-the-darlings/ https://www.freespirituniverse.org/killing-the-darlings/#respond Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:43:33 +0000 http://www.freespirituniverse.org/?p=644 Rewrite goals There are several goals I have for the series rewrites: Decrease the size of each novel from over 200,000 words (each) to not more than 120,000. The original size lends itself to quite a bit of maundering about. Get in the Generally Accepted Writing Principles (GAWP) which I learned about well after I […]

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]]> https://www.freespirituniverse.org/killing-the-darlings/feed/ 0 644 Seth Godin – Bypassing the Leap https://www.freespirituniverse.org/seth-godin-bypassing-the-leap/ https://www.freespirituniverse.org/seth-godin-bypassing-the-leap/#respond Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:20:07 +0000 http://www.freespirituniverse.org/?p=621 Every now and then, a creative act comes out of nowhere, a giant leap, a new way of thinking apparently woven out of a brand new material. Read the full post on Seth's Blog. Do our creative ideas and inspirations spring full-blown and fully realized from some mysterious realm?

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]]> https://www.freespirituniverse.org/seth-godin-bypassing-the-leap/feed/ 0 621 The Inevitable Rewrite – July 24, 2011 https://www.freespirituniverse.org/the-inevitable-rewrite-july-24-2011/ https://www.freespirituniverse.org/the-inevitable-rewrite-july-24-2011/#respond Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:23:58 +0000 http://www.freespirituniverse.org/?p=609 So, the scene lists for all four Sorcerer novels are done. Lots of pages. Now I'm rattling scenarios, plot points, conflicts, character arcs, and other such writerly stuff around. Definitely fun and games. I'm much further ahead than a starting-off novelist even if there's a series of four novels (which might go to six). There's […]

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]]> https://www.freespirituniverse.org/the-inevitable-rewrite-july-24-2011/feed/ 0 609 Factors of Sexual Satisfaction https://www.freespirituniverse.org/factors-of-sexual-satisfaction/ https://www.freespirituniverse.org/factors-of-sexual-satisfaction/#respond Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:39:42 +0000 http://www.freespirituniverse.org/?p=596 The area of sex, love and reproduction is a major factor in most people’s lives. Let us explore some of the possible factors which might help us to predict what might occur during an "encounter."

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