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Jan.06.2010
Many members here most likely share my opinion that a career in writing would be a dream come true. The freedom to be able to write what you enjoy most in that writing career, would be an absolute fantasy come to life. Add to that a large amount of acclaim, notoriety, and worldwide appreciation...
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Dec.22.2009
Throughout the novel that I am close to finishing, my narrator tends to break down universal truths about human nature and the psychological needs everyone possesses. In my opinion, this breaks down to the need to feel loved, to be appreciated, and to be given a sense of worth. What other...
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Dec.21.2009
Next month I will be pitching my second novel to an agent at a writer's conference here in Southern California. Since this is the novel I believe will be my breakthrough piece, it is the one I most want represented by a respectable agent. Personally, I feel that the direct interaction with an...
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Dec.10.2009
It has become more convenient than ever to communicate with others. Through the abundance of social-networking sites, you can keep tabs on just about anyone with an internet connection. But are these sites really socially supportive? Or do they rather encourage anti-social tendencies? I've...
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Oct.01.2009
As I am working on my novel, I find myself playing the story out like a movie in my head and doing my best to describe or narrate that movie to the reader. It seems to be my preferred process for transferring my story to paper, but I was curious to know how other writers attack the same task. ...
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Sep.29.2009
So I created a website for my first novel, which went well. I received some interest and had quite a few sign up for my newsletter. Now, it would appear that my second book is the one that will have the most public appeal and so I'm thinking of creating a site for it specifically. As fellow...
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Feb.20.2009
I am working on a new novel which may be read on my member page entitled "Zoë..." It is a quirky fiction that uses a comedic narrator to infuse life lessons and morals into the story that follows the life of a girl born with perfect genetics. It is similar to Pobby and Dingan. Do you...
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Oct.29.2008
Hello fellow writers,
I'm sure everyone is geared up for NaNoWriMo and have cleared their schedules as much as humanly possible in order to accomplish such an amazing feat. So now the question is, do you have your story planned out as well? I am going to be continuing my second novel Through the...
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Sep.30.2008
Most of my ideas for fiction have to do with unknown features of the mind. One of the abilities I seem to be most fascinated with is dreaming. The more I research on the subject, the more I realize that our knowledge of the subject is tragically small. What are your thoughts on dreams? What...
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Sep.29.2008
Welcome all to a new world...
...where mind and heart shall clash
Explore, examine, express, explain...
for from henceforth, your voice becomes my past
Allow me to cultivate your thoughts...
...and garnish your attentions
For hidden or not, real or not...
...this visionary thrives on your visions...
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About Zachary
Since a very young age, I have been involved with writing and public speaking. Though my projects were often designed to convey facts, creativity was always needed to hold an audience’s attention; to make the seemingly mundane interesting and applicable to...
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