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Top Ten Writing Tips by Janet Fitch Here were some of the most useful tips I found, and ones I plan to implement into my own writing. Vintage man writing, Source 1. Write the sentence, not the story. This one is really useful because as writers we already have the big picture of where our story is going in our minds, but we forget that it takes small steps to get there. We need to focus on each sentence and make them all valuable and unique. 3. Kill the cliche As someone in the college of journalism, I am very familiar with this rule. That being said, it is very difficult to avoid cliches in writing because it's so easy for your brain to go there. Stories are better when we invent our own phrases and sentences, and don't rely on past writers for creativity. 7. Smarten up your protagonist. I understand this because there is nothing I hate more when reading and I know something obvious the protagonist doesn't. It makes more sense to have them observing, thinkin...

Story Endings: I noticed all of the folktales from my first reading ended happily with the characters getting rich, reuniting with family, or everything returning to normal again. I wanted to jot down the trends in all of these stories. Dragon, Source The Man Who Met Misery “ At last — there was no other choice, for the ring kept on calling out "Here I am" — Francis stretched out that finger, and the ogre broke it off with one grip. Off ran Francis, glad enough to get off with his life. When he reached home, they asked him: "Did you meet Misery?" "Indeed I did. I know what it is now. It gave me a nice run for it. It's an awful thing, and there's no joking with it. This is one of those stories where crazy things happened, and the best ending possible was for things to just go back to normal. Nine at a Blow “ The tailor told the king that the dragon had killed the giant, so he pocketed the thousand pounds for himself.” Happy en...

My last name, Bezdek, is Czech so I thought it would be interesting to read stories that were possibly told to my ancestors growing up in Europe. Since most of these stories are unfamiliar to me, I'm going to jot down notes on general plot and storyline Bibliography: Czech Folktales, Source Sleepy John He fell asleep a lot, I guess narcolepsy is what we'd say today Fell asleep in a cart, and men left him in the forest. Kinda rude. He fends off wolves, and goes to the mountains. Meets a dying hermit who gives him magical tools. He magically travels to the king's palace, and tells the king he will follow the queen He finds out the queen has been dancing in Hell and tells the king Sleepy John gets half the kingdom. wow Silly Jura Two lazy brothers had a third brother Jura that they bullied They go off to find food for a feast, Jura finds nuts from burgomaster Jura cracks the nuts in a church and church people think it's haunted Jura scares the Burgomas...