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I have known that I wanted to write for a living since I started High School and have spend the last decade attempting to do just that. At the same time I have struggled with moderate jobs and given up a lot to follow a dream.

A few months ago I got fed up

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Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Tips for testing a writing story idea: 2 of 26
There is a great feeling when you know you have a great idea for a story. There in an excitement that runs through you and you find yourself drawn to the keyboard, you sit down and you prepare to type your masterpiece and then as you prepare to type the first sentence you realize, you don't have a story, you have a premise, ... More..
Sciences > Social Science (Other) Can human beings change the way they are?: 2 of 26
One of the safest bets you can make is that a person won't change. Actions might change, opinions may change but the person at the core will stay the same. But where does that leave the person who wants to change? The person who knows they aren't what they want to be? Are they stuck, unable to move forward because human bein... More..
Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing The major elements of writing fiction: 1 of 13
There are many ways to break up the elements that go into creating a work of fiction, but the classifications that I have found more useful are character, conflict, plot and background. If you can work these four elements into your story well then the rest will fall into place. Each of the four elements of a good story hold ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Literary Themes & Ideas If I could live inside any book ...: 1 of 13
The idea of entering a book sounds good on the surface, but as you think about it more carefully, it becomes less appealing. There is hardly a book in the world when bad things don't happen to the characters. People are killed, romances are broken apart and if they are lucky they get back together. So if you could enter the ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Writing tips: Creating a fantasy novel: 2 of 25
Writing any novel is difficult, it takes countless hours of solitude as you write and edit slowly working a first draft into something you can be proud of but in many ways writing a fantasy novel is more difficult. In a mainstream novel you have much of the work already done for you. Everyone knows the world that we all live... More..
Personal Finance > Budgets & Saving Where to start with saving money: 2 of 25
With money tight, it often seems like saving money is impossible. It isn't just that you don't have the money to put into savings but the lack of knowledge on how to do so and the embarrassment at going to a financial planner with only a few dollars in your pocket, most of which are going to pay him or her. Beginning to save... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips The importance of editing: 2 of 25
If you want to write something great then the power of editing can not be overestimated, yet no one likes to be edited and in the beginning very few people like to edit themselves. The change from one who hates editing to one who loves it comes in the understanding of how much in can improve your writing and at that point ed... More..
Personal Finance > Smart Spending How to save money at the supermarket: 1 of 12
Going to the supermarket is one of the tasks that many of us take for granted. It has to be done and after a few hundred times you hardly think anymore grabbing the same food that you got the last hundred times and occasionally complaining, and sometimes not buying things, because the price of something went up while getting... More..
Personal Finance > Managing Credit & Debt (Other) Good debt vs. bad debt: 1 of 12
At its most basic all debt is bad, but we all know that sometimes the cost of not going into debt can be higher than the cost of the debt itself so we must on occasion make a decision. Are we willing to become indebted to someone else for something that we need or want. This decision can sometimes be a very easy one and some... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Run, Fat Boy, Run: 1 of 12
"Run Fat Boy Run" is a collaboration between David Schwimmer, directing, and Simon Pegg, acting and writer. On the surface this movie appears to be a romantic comedy set in London but it is something more than a series of jokes. Simon Pegg plays Dennis, a guard at a woman's clothing shop who is still in love with Libby, the ... More..