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Send to KindleWelcome to the Carnival of Creativity for October 14, 2012. All links will open in a new tab or window, so feel free to click through and leave some love in the comments. Once you close that window, you’ll be right back here for more linky goodness.
The Creative Mindset
Geoff Hoff presents What is Creative Thinking? posted at The Creativity Expert.
Kyle Minor presents Advice to my Younger Self posted at Kyle Minor.
David Burkus presents Why Great Ideas Get Rejected posted at 99U.
Sharing Our Work
Eula McLeod presents Power Lines posted at View from the Wine Press.
Writing Quote of the Week
For a good melodrama study the famous “Lester Dent master plot formula” which you can find online. It was written to show how to write a short story for the pulps, but can be adapted successfully for most stories of any length or genre. -Michael Moorcock
Writing Tips and Prompts
CS Lakin presents Creating Not Good but Great Characters posted at Live Write Thrive.
Janice Hardy presents You’ll Have to Go Through Me: Eliminating Filter Words posted at The Other Side of the Story.
Gabriela Pereira presents Unconventional Outline Techniques posted at DIY MFA.
Kristen Lamb presents What Star Trek Can Teach Us About Writing posted at Kristen Lamb’s Blog.
Podcasts
This week’s podcast at Writing Excuses is all about Seven Point Story Structure.
The Business of Creativity
Ali Luke presents Five Common Writing Mistakes That Bloggers Make – and How to Fix Them posted at Write to Done.
Toni presents The Ultimate Guide to Writing Email Updates (Your Fans Actually Read) posted at DuoLit.
Daniel Honan presents The Art of the Hollywood Pitch posted at Big Think.
Journal Writing
Jill Schoenberg presents Exploring Dreams posted at JournalBuddies.
That’s all for this week. Be sure to submit your article for next week’s Carnival of Creativity by Friday at midnight!
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