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Valerie G Miller
Oct 24, 20204 min read
The Writer’s Community
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. John Donne Throw the confetti. Ring...
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Valerie G Miller
Oct 17, 20201 min read
Writing Milestones ... Quotes to Inspire
I have spent the last three months plotting and planning my first novel. If you have read my past posts, you will know that my original...
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Valerie G Miller
Oct 10, 20204 min read
First Drafts are Messy.
One of the greatest benefits of writing a truly awful, lousy, no good first draft is that it can only get better from there. (Martha...
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Valerie G Miller
Oct 3, 20204 min read
Breaking up with Pantsing and my affair with Plotting.
“Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.” Winston Churchill Are you a Plotter? A Pantser? Or Plantser? These are...
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Valerie G Miller
Sep 26, 20204 min read
Rules of Engagement
I love writing. Playing with words. Creating new characters. Telling stories. Some days it's easy. You sit down and you write. The words...
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Valerie G Miller
Sep 19, 20205 min read
Virtually connected
I have been telling stories all my life. My mum told me that before I could read, I would look at picture books and make up my own...
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Valerie G Miller
Sep 12, 20203 min read
A little bookshelf in the corner of my world
Hello, my name is Valerie and I am a book addict. I love to read. My reading is my professional development as an emerging writer. I know...
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Valerie G Miller
Sep 5, 20205 min read
The magic of character bibles
You must learn to be three people at once: writer, character, and reader. Nancy Kress Stories need captivating and complex characters...
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Valerie G Miller
Aug 29, 20204 min read
Notes on an Emerging Writer ... it’s begun
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writing is...
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Valerie G Miller
Aug 22, 20204 min read
The Writing Craft: The books to read
“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” Stephen King I am an avid reader who...
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Valerie G Miller
Aug 15, 20203 min read
Time to Write
The first sentence can't be written until the final sentence is written. Joyce Carol Oates I have a dream. To be published. To hold my...
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Valerie G Miller
Aug 8, 20203 min read
Writing Rituals
I always wrote as a kid. I used to create stories, with illustrations, in old exercise books. At the end of the school year, I would...
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Valerie G Miller
Jul 25, 20201 min read
A little quote goes a long way
I am a lover of quotes. I collect them. I use them as a teacher, as a writer, as a mother. I am pretty certain that most people feel the...
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Valerie G Miller
Jul 10, 20204 min read
I’m here for my half year performance appraisal
I received the latest newsletter from the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC) this morning and there was an invitation for ‘a meeting with...
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Valerie G Miller
Jul 4, 20202 min read
My Writing Mojo
I love words and phrases. Words that make sounds; onomatopoeic words. Words that conjure up emotions. Words that inspire your...
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Valerie G Miller
Jun 28, 20203 min read
Feedback is a writer’s best friend
I am at the stage of my writing where I want my work to be critiqued. Honestly. I am currently looking for readers who sit outside the...
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Valerie G Miller
Jun 19, 20203 min read
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Valerie G Miller
Jun 13, 20203 min read
Bottom drawer publishing
I may have invented a new level of drafting a novel. The pre-draft. This is the draft before the first draft. I am currently writing my...
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