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I’m doing my homework for the Outline a Scene Fictionary Live course. Here’s part of the instructions. Using five books that appeal to you… … Read the first scene where the reader is introduced to the protagonist. Note down if this scene what the What if Goal Fails story element is for each scene. Notice […]
This is a list of onomatopoeia words that I’ve compiled. They add zing and zest to writing, if used judiciously. (There’s some duplication. There’s a reason for that.) If you have additional words to suggest, please use my Contact page. Alan Jordan’s List of Onomatopoeia words : A Aahhh achoo ahem Ahem ahem (vocal) Arf […]
There are several ways to layout a Picture Book These are two of them. I’m not going to get into details here, because there are excellent resources already. If you’re interested in learning more about picture-book construction, please see these two web pages: Tara Lazar and Words & Pictures, an article in the SCBWI […]
“I’ll never make it through this,” can make me feel so sad. I take a deep breath and say these feel-good words to counteract and prevent that negativity. I made it through every day of my life. Why shouldn’t I make it through one more challenge? Since I started saying this affirmation, I feel more […]
“You can’t get anything right,” can completely undermine my self-confidence. I take a deep breath and say these feel-good words to bring back the energy that I need to make it through the day, or sometimes just make it through the hour. I know that I make mistakes, but I ferret out and find my […]
Counteracts anf inoculates against, “Everyone’s driving me nuts!” and similar thoughts. I say these feel-good words to counteract that anxious feeling. Why should give someone the power to drive me crazy? I shouldn’t, and I rarely do. Since I started saying this affirmation, I don’t get as mad at people. I realize that I have […]
Inoculates and counteracts the negativity of, “I keep messing up,” and similar thoughts. There have been many times when I messed up while I was programming a software project or writing a book. There were even times when I thought it was perfect, but I had to start over because of a software glitch or […]
Inoculates against, “No one loves me,” and counteracts the negativity of that type of thought because it reinforces the feeling that I deserve to be loved, and if someone doesn’t love me that’s okay. These feel-good words are much more powerful to me than saying “Someone loves me.” The feel-good words give me courage. They […]
Counteracts and inoculates against, “I can’t do anything right, “because it tells me that I do good things, and it tells me that I think about them. It makes me realize I don’t have to just think about the things that I do wrong. Somehow, it is so much easier for me to think about […]
Inoculates against and counteracts against thoughts like, “I’ll never finish!” because if do things on time, I must be finishing something. It’s much more powerful to me than just saying “I will finish this.” It counteracts my root fear. I do things on time. I do things on time. I do things on time. Affirmation performance by Linneas. […]