Memories, Fact vs. Emotion

Writing What You Know

By Annette Rey

Your private memories reveal a different kind of truth separate from actual facts. The wallpaper you contemplated as you fell asleep as a child, counting the flowers or countryside images, took on a different reality than what the manufacturers intended.

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You Can’t Get Anywhere Without a Plan

Break That Block!

By Annette Rey

Writers’ block bothering you? Stop the excuses. Stop the helter-skelter approach you may have to your writing.

It is key to HAVE A PLAN.

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Public Service Announcement for My Readers

Cynical Me!

By Annette Rey

This post has nothing to do with writing, unless you want to write about this menace.

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Word(s) of the Week 7/1/2018

Grammar Help with These Words

By Annette Rey

Do yourself a favor and print a list of these words and tape them at eye level somewhere in your work space. You will thank me later.

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Write That Important Moment

They Pass Without Us Noticing

By Annette Rey

Agatha Christie said, “One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late.”

Do yourself and your writing life a favor, sit down right now and write down that important moment in your life – the one that really happened or the one you wish would.

 

 

 

Reblog Help for Writers #2

Kate Steinemann

By Annette Rey 

A couple of weeks ago I posted a link for this site. The subject was necks. This week it is something else.

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Great Research Site for Writers

Historical Info

By Annette Rey

Is crime your genre? Are you writing about Britain of old? You need terminology of the age. You need information on court proceedings, actual criminal names to search, and the changes in policing practices.

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