http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Deborah+Owen Writing Deborah Owen Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=383496&ca=Writing Short story structure demands that you abandon all ideas of forming your own brand of storytelling. The rules are very simple: comply to the form that sells, or you don't sell. Short story structure has been around since the beginning of time. You can read short stories in the Bible and on cave wall... Writing Deborah Owen Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=382539&ca=Writing Transition sentences are a little tricky to master, but once you learn the "trick", your problems will be over. Transition sentences are the bridge that connects one paragraph to another in a smooth and orderly fashion so that your reader won't feel jolted as they climb the stairs of the story. Tran... Writing Deborah Owen Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=343164&ca=Writing What kind of horror story do you want to write? Your options are as wide open as the type of 'monster' you wish to create. The term 'monster' represents not only the critters and creatures you invent, but also the subject - whether real or imagined. This is the terror in your story. The major genres... Writing Deborah Owen Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=342804&ca=Writing Creative writers, have you already broken your new year's resolution? Did you want to pursue your talents this year? Write more often? Finish that story? Try poetry? Whatever your resolution, breaking it is only natural. Life is busy, and it waits for no one. Don't be cross with yourself for "failin... Writing Deborah Owen Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=342806&ca=Writing Creative writers can do interviews to make easy money. Local newspapers eat them up. You will make about $15 or $20 on each one, plus $5 for a picture. Resell the same article all over the nation and turn that $20 into $200. The first question an interviewee will ask you is, "Who are you going to se... Writing Deborah Owen Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=340900&ca=Writing Dialogue tags are the short insertions that identify the speakers in a written conversation. Without them, the reader would be lost. Dialogue tags are quick signposts that keep the reader on the right path. When you change paths to another speaker, it is not always necessary to place a tag. Sometime... Writing Deborah Owen Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=340509&ca=Writing Creative writing is a finely honed skill. We can temper it and study it until we are blue in the face, and we still will not have plummeted its depths. That is what makes it so fascinating. Many creative writers attend the public educational system to sharpen their prose and poetry skills, and this... Writing Deborah Owen Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=339726&ca=Writing Creative writers – make a lot of money writing for newspapers. The writing is easy, you don't have to worry about "Show, Don't Tell," and you can resell the articles all over the country with simultaneous submissions. Most average sized cities have a local newspaper that accepts admissions from amat... Writing Deborah Owen Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=339310&ca=Writing Learn the DeBowen short story system, the newest writing rage. Every story has one climactic conflict, and this is where you are going to start your story. You might be saying, huh? What about the setting and theme? What about the plot and resolution? All in due time. Think of action scenes. The act... Writing Deborah Owen Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=338898&ca=Writing Creative writers rarely study punctuation, but every sentence they write depends on it. Learn it well. An imperative sentence is a command or request. Give me a hug. A declarative sentence states a fact. She gave him a hug. Some declarative sentences contain a question. If the sentence as a whole st...