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 Describe someone or something digging a hole, who or what are they and why they are digging the hole There's an old man out in the garden, he has a small spade and is kneeling by a garden plot. He is digging a hole for his granddaughters goldfish, with each spadeful of dirt he reflects on the way things work out in life. The goldfish was a present for Emmie's 8th birthday, she was so happy as she held the bag up to the sunlight, gold rays glinted off the fish scales shimmering in the light. He had helped her set up the fishbowl, it had shiny blue stones in the bottom, a fake plant, and pirates chest. Every day she lovingly fed her fish, it started to get fat and everyone thought she must be feeding it too much, but one morning they were surprised by 5 baby fish swimming around chasing each other up and down in the water. Next thing they knew the tiny fish tank was overgrown with algae and they determined that a tank with filter was needed. A couple hundred dollars later the li...

  One way to improve writing in plain English is to read the message aloud, not just aloud in your brain with your eyes but aloud with your voice. Say the words. Listen to the way they sound. I guarantee that you will hear words that aren’t necessary, lack of transition or coherency, convoluted sentence, or choppy sentence structure. When I hear the words, I immediately notice what's wrong with my writing. I need a different word choice. The sentence flow isn't smooth, or the paragraphs go from one idea to another without connecting. If you don’t want to read aloud there are Text to speech programs. Text to Speech Programs: • Natural Reader: http://www.naturalreaders.com/ • iSpeech: www.ispeech.org • Yakitome: www.yakitome.com • Vozme: vozme.com

Pixie Pilot is a woodland Pixie, she was born in a beautiful field under the petals of a purple tulip. She was wrapped in the petals like a blanket and held by the mother of wood sprites Falan who treasured and loved the new little wisp of a girl. As she grew her petals transformed into beautiful cloth and was sewn into a dress for her by Karalee the weaver. She likes to get out in the wind and let her hair flow behind her as she catches a breeze. Pixie was the smallest of the new sprites that year but for all of that she made up in spunk what she lacked in height. One thing that she loved the most was to follow up with humans that she was interested in. She appeared as a mural on a wall in the great theater of Alexandria once just so that she could see what the people of that city were up to. She was assigned as guardian to those who had an inclination for fancy and they would see her when they least expected to. Always as a girl with flowing skirts and hair, hidden among the lines on...

 A ray of sunlight came through the clouds and shone directly on our hero. To Morgan, shopping was near the top of her list as one of the most tedious tasks that she had to do on a regular basis. She was adding a container of OJ to her basket when Mrs. Grifsky accosted her, "Morgan is that you!?" Morgan sighed, "How are you Mrs. Grifsky, haven't seen you in a while?" Along with the obligatory greeting she gave the obligatory smile, Mrs. Grifsky seemed pleased. "Well now, it's been a day now hasn't it?" chuckling she looked at Morgan with a sly look, "can you tell me which of these here slots to scratch off Morgan? I've got a good feeling about them." Morigan sighed, "wish I could Mrs. Grifsky but the sight doesn't work like that." Mrs. Grifsky looked disappointed but also a bit suspicious, she walked away huffily.  Morgan was holding the statue, the Greek goddess of the sea, Amphitrite, stumbling over the words carve...

  Beginning: • Introduce the Main character to your story. • Set the tone – Is it romance, horror, thriller, fantasy etc? • Set the scene – where will your story take place? • Show the Main character's problem or goal. Start your story midstream, close to a crisis point. This is known as The Hook. Grab your reader’s attention immediately so that they want to know what happens next. Tone This is a fantasy novel set in modern times. I like Dresden Files, the hero is flawed by likable. He's got a sardonic sense of humor and lives alone with his cat. He has the power to "find" people. Introduction to main characters - Morgan and Galen in the shop Middle: End: Outline of first book: How J.K. Rowling Plotted Her Book Outlines Other Link

  Brandon Sanderson's Methods for Outlining Brandon Sanderson's Methods for Outlining Use the Microsoft Word Document Map To view the  Document Map , click the View tab on the ribbon and select the  Document Map  check box in the Show/Hide group. A pane displays on the left side of the  Word  window. By default, the  Document Map  displays. Click on any heading in the outline to quickly jump to that section of your  document . https://www.addintools.com/documents/office/where-document-map.html Make paragraph headings and stick other ones underneath. When you start a new book, open a new document. Name it "The Book Guide" ie. "The Elantris Book Guide." Put CHARACTER, SETTING, PLOT Go down the list writing down who are my main characters and write down ideas as you're brainstorming. Plugging in the holes. "How are my characters driving the story?" People want character and conflict. You need to take a mundane idea and an extraordinary idea and ...

  There lives a gentleman, named Eduardo in Los Angeles with a soul as enriching as the universe is large. He’s very eccentricity dressed, all the time. Sometimes he would have long robes with finely tailored trim, and matching tall hat. This was a man of his early 60’s but had the spirit and soul of someone who had lived hundreds of years, someone who has learned and understands his life was both blessed with all the experiences and people he has met but also acknowledging of what the future soon holds. I would meet and see him whenever he had visited the museum, and each time he would be incredibly thankful for such a place as it to that he could come to and be renewed. Once a week the museums puts on films in the theatre on the campus, tailored for seniors as it would frequently play films from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. He loved those films, and every Tuesday afternoon when the films were shown he came to watch, and then roam the museum galleries to get lost in the art. We would ...

 Just write some unrelated words that aren't very special, but comes to your mind instantly. You could try, "My name is X, I'm Y years old, and I'm writing at Z time. The date is x, the month is y, the year is z... " The goal here is to write. What you write doesn't matter, just write. You can take short breaks after writing a page/paragraph too, so it doesn't get overwhelming. If you have written in the past, read those. Nostalgia is a powerful motivator. Create more opportunities for nostalgia by writing now. Create a framework, tools Displacement vs. coupling Teach the reader the rules of the game By the way, so and so is also x's mother Challenge their expectations Characterize traits of people that you know Withhold pieces of the story/argument How to get someone to more information about something Explain your story to someone to see what their reactions are