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Tips on: thinking creatively

The beaver’s paws

A tip about word magic and how to get it swirling in a story

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The carrot trick (for the brain )

A tip about getting brains to write, even when they are feeling stubborn

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Moving story pieces

A tip about strengthening a story by reordering the story

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Bringing a character back to life

A tip about whether a dearly departed character should ever be brought back to life

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Copying the masters… word for word

A tip about copying the work of masters to learn what they figured out

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What is your main character’s gift?

A tip about giving main characters talents

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Stories need sounds

A tip about putting the right sounds into the story

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How big is a detail?

A tip about the enormous value of tiny details

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Who was your cat before?

A tip about investigating the past of your own mysterious pet

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Ask an illustrator to imagine your character

A tip about seeing story characters through the eyes of an illustrator

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