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Bookmark or Share- The Adventurer- A solo RPG based on journal entriesRules available: The Adventurer by James Chip For the past year or so I've been using this game as a writing tool and I really like it. All you need is a deck of playing cards and whatever you like to write with.
- The James Patterson Method - Creative Writing ForumsJames Michener used first person a lot in his novels to put himself at the periphery of the story. In "Tales of the South Pacific", he narrated most of the novel in 3rd person, but inserted himself into a few of the chapters as a minor character. It gave a sense of him really having been there.
- Possessive apostrophe and names ending in "s". - Writing ForumsThis has always been a curiosity for me too, but a recent publisher's house style guide gave me a great answer a few months ago that I've been using since. I'm not sure how correct it is, but it's definitely logical and reflects the contemporary James's trend: James's (belonging to James) James' (I'm going over to the James' house)
- James' or James's - Creative Writing ForumsAt the age of about six, I was taught that James' is correct and have stuck to it ever since. But this morning, I received a review of my latest story... and apparently apostrophes at the end of names ending with 's' should read James's or, to use my own character's surname as an example, Myers's .
- Songwriting James Taylor on songwriting - Writing ForumsI saw an interview with James Taylor some time back, where he gave advice on songwriting. One piece that stuck with me was this method: He'd take a song he'd like that somebody else had written, and either write new words for it, or a new melody. Then he'd take that new song and write a new melody or new words for it.
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