Woman As Art
Winter officially began on 21 December 2012. Yesterday, the city of Pittsburgh got around six inches of snow in about six hours.
The Old Soldier was up before dawn yesterday. I did my breathing and stretching exercises, browned a couple of the turkey necks (with green peppers) that I cooked in the crock pot on Christmas and had that with bread and a couple of beers for breakfast.
Then as I sat down at my workstation to do some blogging and the sun came up I watched the snow start to come down around 9:00 a.m.
I went on a beer run. Walking in snow always makes me feel like a kid again. And since I have no aches or pains and my time is my own (I’m retired) I was happy.
Snow Cat (Photo credit: clickclique)
Yesterday, this blog had over 26,000 visits for the month of December 2012. That’s the most visits in one month that this blog has gotten in over four years since it first went live on the Internet. The Old Soldier must be doing something right.
My brother and sister bloggers, writers and readers from all over the world, the Old Soldier salutes you! I could not have done it without you. Thank you.
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This Will Help You To Create Better Characters
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I think we can all agree with the statement: “Even good people have flaws.” Right? How about the statement: “Good people do bad things.” Then there is the statement: “We all have our demons.”
All of these statements present a truth about the human condition.
When a writer creates characters who are all bad or all good, the reader knows that these characters are not authentic.
Think about these things when you create your characters, especially your protagonists.
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Hello hello hello, it’s the Old Soldier here blogging away on this wintry, overcast day in Pittsburgh. I haven’t been out of the apartment yet, but the trees swaying and the dusting of snow on the ground are not very inviting.
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“A Porn Star Is Born” is at the top of the page.
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In the flash fiction story the dialogue, action, locale and characters must all merge together in a story that presents the reader with a picture that captures an event that makes something new or different or better or worse in the life of one or more of the characters.
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Every blog post is an effort by a blogger to in some way connect with someone else.
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Writing allows the writer to give order to the chaos of life.
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