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	<title>M. Lori Motley &#187; Creativity</title>
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		<title>Writing Prompts for Creativity? Or a Waste of Time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Lori Motley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to have this very complex metod of coming up with writing prompts. I have abandoned it in favor of my Roll the Dice method. Sometimes I just go to one of my favorite fantasy art places, like Elfwood, or Deviant Art, and randomly select a picture as a writing prompt.
About a year ago, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing &#8220;Your Photo Story&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Lori Motley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine, Angel Sharum, just started a wonderful new blog called, &#8220;Your Photo Story.&#8221;  She will post a photo every week for writers to be inspired by. 
Your Photo Story
Check it out and use it!  A great way to keep your creativity pumping.
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		<title>Create Stand Alone Story Arcs for a Fantasy Fiction Trilogy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Lori Motley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fantasy fiction trilogy is becoming more and more popular in the genre. Series of three or more books dominate the marketplace and succeed in brining fantasy fiction to fans. While a vast multi-book story arc is expected in these fantasy fiction trilogies, it is important to create stand alone novels within the trilogy. Not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Writer&#8217;s Forums Can Improve Your Fiction Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Lori Motley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accentuate Writer&#8217;s Forum
Writers are often solitary creatures, sitting in dimly lit bedrooms or trendy cafes and typing away on laptops and computers. But maintaining total solitude can prevent your writing skills from improving, and can definitely put a damper on your career. Fiction writers should use online writer&#8217;s forums and discussion groups to improve their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Forum Contest and Creativity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Lori Motley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over at my favorite Writer&#8217;s Forum, the due date for the most recent short story contest is drawing near.  I have not started writing the story yet, but have cemented the plot and characters in my mind.
I usually have no problem coming up with plots and characters.  This time, my trouble affected me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking Plots</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Lori Motley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; to bury the dead.
Erm&#8230; uh&#8230; no.
Since I have made the incredible goal to get 10 short stories publishing in 2008, I figure I better get cracking on writing some.  I have submitted two already, though I can&#8217;t expect them to be accepted.  However, that is two which I do not have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiction Writing: How to Include Back-Story Without an Info Dump</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 16:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Lori Motley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who wants to read a story that starts with the birth of the main character and follows them through their entire life? This method of fiction writing is hardly ever successful. Why? Because readers will not care about everything that happened to the character when he was two, three, four, and more. They want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spelunking</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Lori Motley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing is a bit like spelunking.  And also a bit like paleontology, or perhaps grave-robbing.
Ideas are bones, the writer fleshes them out, and hopefully the Frankenstein-spark flashes through the flesh and makes the story come alive.
I was overcome with melancholy last night&#8230; and also a healthy surge of amazed optimism&#8230; when I uncovered yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Muse Awakens</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Lori Motley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I woke up this morning with the image of a middle-aged woman lounging naked in a large vat of blood.
The muse at work again.
Within fifteen minutes, I jotted down a micro-fiction piece (about 200 words) about her vampire husband coming home and wishing, just for once, that they could make love on a bed between [...]]]></description>
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