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Dec 14, 20191 min read

Getting The Story Going

Story Generation was our topic for discussion at The Quill & Pint's November Monthly Creative Writing Workshop at the Burbank Public...

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Oct 18, 20193 min read

Building the Scene

In our run-up to this year's NaNo, we've touched on some of the fundamentals of story telling. The three chief components are character,...

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Prepping for National Novel Writing Month

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Oct 10, 20192 min read

Prepping for National Novel Writing Month

Last weekend (October 5th) The Quill & Pint held a workshop at the Buena Vista branch of the Burbank Public Library on how to prepare for...

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Oct 1, 20192 min read

The Compelling Exercise

A 2-part exercise. Whether a character is good or bad; Batman or the Joker, Clarice or Hannibal, to keep the audience in the story, the...

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Sep 19, 20193 min read

Reverse Logline Exercise

A 2-part exercise. Here are 20 actual loglines from well-known movies, minus the names. You probably know them all, but you're going to...

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Sep 1, 20193 min read

Getting Past The Blank Page

We all know the feeling ... you sit down at your desk, a cup of coffee or tea (or something stronger) in hand, and a fresh page in front...

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Featured Story - Week of March 10, 2019: "Theresa The Tamale Lady"

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Mar 10, 20194 min read

Featured Story - Week of March 10, 2019: "Theresa The Tamale Lady"

Each week we feature stories from members of our group based on the weekend meeting's prompt assignment. For this week's assignment, we...

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Featured Stories, Week of February 17, 2019 Part Two: "The Wall"

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Mar 3, 20195 min read

Featured Stories, Week of February 17, 2019 Part Two: "The Wall"

Each week we feature stories from members of our group based on the weekend meeting's prompt assignment. For our February 16th meeting,...

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Featured Stories, Week of February 17, 2019 Part One: "The Wall"

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Mar 3, 20195 min read

Featured Stories, Week of February 17, 2019 Part One: "The Wall"

Each week we feature stories from members of our group based on the weekend meeting's prompt assignment. For our February 16th meeting,...

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Featured Story, Week of February 10, 2019: "Fish Out Of Water"

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Feb 21, 20194 min read

Featured Story, Week of February 10, 2019: "Fish Out Of Water"

Each week we feature a story written by one of our members in that weekend's meeting. This week, we started with a random prompt...

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Featured Stories, Week of January 27, 2019: Fictional Yelp Reviews, Part TWO

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Feb 4, 20196 min read

Featured Stories, Week of January 27, 2019: Fictional Yelp Reviews, Part TWO

Each week we feature stories from members of our group based on the weekend meeting's prompt assignment. For our January 27th meeting,...

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Featured Stories, Week of January 27, 2019: Fictional Yelp Reviews, Part ONE

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Feb 4, 20197 min read

Featured Stories, Week of January 27, 2019: Fictional Yelp Reviews, Part ONE

Each week we feature stories from members of our group based on the weekend meeting's prompt assignment. For our January 27th meeting,...

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Featured Stories, Week of January 28: "Super, Hero." and "Dance Revolution"

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Jan 31, 20194 min read

Featured Stories, Week of January 28: "Super, Hero." and "Dance Revolution"

Each week we feature a story written by one or two of our group members at one of our meetings. For this week's featured stories, Erik...

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Featured Story, Week of December 16, 2018: "Jonas Sees The Light"

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Jan 15, 20193 min read

Featured Story, Week of December 16, 2018: "Jonas Sees The Light"

Each week we feature a story written by one or two of our group members at our weekly meetings. For this week's featured stories, we did...

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Dec 31, 20182 min read

Conjuring Autobiographic Magic

By Erik Day The anthology is ready to take its next leap forward! The collection of stories has eight amazing authors, each of whom have...

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Dec 22, 20182 min read

Writing a Christmas Calamity

By Erik Day Building an incident… One of the great Christmas movies is the original Die Hard. With Bruce Willis as New York cop John...

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Dec 17, 20183 min read

Your Creative Vote

By Erik Day Margin Notes is a creative aside from the Quill and Pint group. Writing-related thoughts, editorials and observations are...

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Featured Stories, Week of November 4, 2018: "It's Only The Woods" and "The Freeloader"

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Nov 12, 20184 min read

Featured Stories, Week of November 4, 2018: "It's Only The Woods" and "The Freeloader"

Each week we feature a story written by one or two of our group members at our weekly meetings. For this week's featured stories, we used...

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A Story's Phenomenal Cosmic Power… in an Itty-Bitty Living Space

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Oct 15, 20188 min read

A Story's Phenomenal Cosmic Power… in an Itty-Bitty Living Space

By Erik Day Whatever stage a story is in, from the germ of an idea to mid-Work In Progress, to a finished manuscript collecting...

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Plotting the plot (or, How to Write a Logline)

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Oct 9, 20182 min read

Plotting the plot (or, How to Write a Logline)

Last weekend we began the first of four exercises designed to help you think about National Novel Writing Month. Or, as we have come to...

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