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Jeff Moriarty

Cakepan II: Chapter Two – Puzzle Pieces

November 29, 2011

This is a creative writing experiment, shamelessly stolen from the Chopin Manuscript: a serialized story where each author writes a different chapter. The members of this blog are each writing their own chapter, and we’re calling ours the “Cakepan Manuscript”. This is our second story. For this story we used a random plot generator, which [...]

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Our thoughts (and yours!) on the first Cakepan Manuscript

November 15, 2011

Most of the writers on this blog belong to a writing group that meets twice a month in the Phoenix area. Several weeks ago we decided to try a little project and each write a chapter of a new story as a collaboration. We thought it would be an education for us, and interesting for [...]

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Cakepan Manuscript – Chapter One: Broken Bottle

September 28, 2011

Our blog has been quiet of late, so we’ve decided to try something new. The Chopin Manuscript is a serialized story where each author writes a different chapter. We’re shamelessly stealing that idea for what we call the “Cakepan Manuscript”. To help me write the first chapter of this impending masterpiece, the other members of [...]

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If you love words, watch the History of English

July 3, 2011

One reason I love writing is because I love playing with the language itself. I enjoy finding that perfect word, twisting it in a strange way, or otherwise crafting something original. English is amazingly maliable, and is constantly incorporating new words and evolving how old ones are used. It’s been like this throughout its history, [...]

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Trust30 – Motivation for a month to get yourself writing

May 31, 2011

Who are you, and what do you want to say? Do you even know? Finding your own voice and using it in a crowded room is always difficult, but it’s become even tougher with the immense access to ideas and silliness the internet permits. Strong and creative ideas can easily give way to self-doubt, conformity, [...]

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