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Jeff Moriarty

Wonder Woman: She’s Always A Woman To Me

July 21, 2010

This is another in my series taking about superhero characters. In my kickoff post I explained how in some ways they are the modern Gods – created in our image to put into stories to help us understand ourselves better. This time I’m looking at Wonder Woman, the Amazon princess who was crafted from clay [...]

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It was the best of lines, it was the worst of lines…

June 5, 2010

Opening lines are a slap in the face with a strange hand. When done right they bring you into this new world you’re about to explore with powerful force, yet leave you needing to know more. It has to hook your reader quickly and effectively, especially if you’re interested in selling it. In screenplays you only [...]

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A Broken Seal – “gasket”

May 21, 2010

A short writing exercise inspired by the word “gasket”. The tree was massive and solid, not planted in the earth like a shrub but jutting out like a column. Its leaves rustled in the enormous branches, and a patch of torn, light wood shone out from among the dark, dirty bark like a wound. Doug [...]

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Six short stories about a “gasket”

May 16, 2010

As part of our tinkering with this blog and the content, we’re next going to be each doing a short piece derived from the word “gasket”.  The word was Finn’s suggestion, so we’re running with it! This exercise is something we do in our writing group to keep us writing when we hit slumps. The [...]

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Fighting your fears to build good ideas

May 9, 2010

This past week and next we’re all writing about some aspect of ideas on this blog, and I’m going to take my shot at three fears that I face around ideas. My ideas aren’t very original! This might be the most common fear based on discussions I have with other writers. I have an idea, [...]

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