Tag: Smear
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Write Like a Gangster, Class 18: Dialogue
Hey, ho, let’s go! Illusions of Dialogue I came from a family of storytellers, I mean, gifted storytellers. They could pick you up and lift you into a tale like none other I have ever known. I apprenticed under them, and it made me the writer I am. I have been telling stories all my…
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Crown: Chapter 1
UNINVITED GUESTS Eight Years After The Escape “Not alone!” The words ripped through Rayph’s head and he jumped to action. Papers and scrolls rioted about the table, flying up in a flurry as he fought his way to his feet. “Boss, we are not alone!” Smear said. Rayph looked at his desk in Ironfall and…
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Hemlock: Chapter 1
THE DECIMATION OF MIDVOR Six Years After The Escape Dusk lay uneasy on the abandoned farmland. Crops grew out of control, wheat on the ground, too heavy for its stalks. Corn slumped, raided by crows and other birds. A hush had fallen over the surrounding land, and Rayph Ivoryfist and Sisalyyon stood on the road…
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Write Like a Gangster, Class 14: Character Creation
Hey, ho, let’s go! Reading Assignment for this class: “Strong Urge to Fly” chapter from Teardrop Road We’re gonna talk about character creation today. I had you read “Strong Urge to Fly.” It’s a story of when Smear Lord of Ire was created. The one that, in my mind, we call Artist. I remember earlier…
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Write Like a Gangster, Class 11: Deadlines
Hey, ho, let’s go! Reading Assignment for this class: “The Four Queens” chapter from Teardrop Road Writing Assignment for this class: The assignment from Class 9 is due today. Send it to jesseteller (at) yahoo (dot) com. Remember to rate and review your performance at the bottom of the assignment. I told you to read…
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Write Like a Gangster, Class 6: The Shadow of the Imposter
Hey, ho, let’s go! Reading Assignment for this class: “Billy Badass Part 1” and “Billy Badass Part 2” chapters from Teardrop Road Writing Assignment for this class: The writing assignment from Class 3 is due today. Send it to jesseteller (at) yahoo (dot) com. Remember to rate and review your performance at the bottom of…
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Write Like a Gangster, Class 1: Syllabus
This course is going to be called Write Like A Gangster. I figured out through the course of my career so far that a lot of people will tell you so many hard, fast rules of what you should and shouldn’t do when you’re writing. I don’t believe in those. I’ve broken the rules too…
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Stick a Needle in My Eye
It had me jumping at first. Twitched a lot. Gasped a lot. I would run, cry out. When the hallucinations hit me, I was about 11 years old. Just started fifth grade. You can read about that night in a blog called Strong Urge to Fly that I posted here a few years ago. It…
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The Kingdom 19: Gold
Here we go again. Welcome to the blog blast of the section that I call The Kingdom from the book Reality of the Unreal Mind, Vol. 3: The Keep. The Kingdom is an explanation of the work itself. You can’t understand any writer unless you know their work. So Friday we began at 6 p.m. and I will release…
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The Kingdom 9: The Rise of Lunacy Part 1
Here we go again. Welcome to the blog blast of the section that I call The Kingdom from the book Reality of the Unreal Mind, Vol. 3: The Keep. The Kingdom is an explanation of the work itself. You can’t understand any writer unless you know their work. So Friday we began at 6 p.m. and I will release…
Jesse Teller 