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Hi group, my drabble has been sent off. Thanks so much for your suggestions and help!

I was super puzzled though as I was getting different word counts. The word limit is exactly 100 words and the submission guidelines said they use Google Docs for the word count. I pasted my drabble in different programs and I was always a few words short or had a few too many.

This article explains the why:
https://thehappybeavers.com/why-word-count-differ-programs/

After some dickering around, I discovered the em dashes and ellipses in my story were creating the problem, so I replaced them and everything adds up across the programs. Whew!!

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This week, our Tuesday Tips come from our fellow comm member,

goneahead who was kind enough to write up this post. Click for tips, thoughts, and links all about creating atmosphere in a story, and setting the mood of a scene.

Take it away, goneahead!

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( Get the tips! )

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Anyone have any favorite 'generators' they visit, for help with names, plot ideas, random inspiration or motivation when writing? Here are a few I've found that either proved very useful and/or were just kind of fun to surf....

( Click for Name Generators (real and fantasy), plot generators, a fiction writer's guide to psychology and more... )

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This week, an article with thoughts on short sentences- and dialogue with punch...

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Before we get to the tips today, anyone interested in volunteering to take a week to write about summaries?

( A pitch and five tips inside! )

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With apologies to those for whom it's already Wednesday, here's our latest weekly tip! This time, thoughts on a topic we've discussed briefly before: Titles!

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It's Tuesday Tips a little early for some, right on time for others in our planet-sized comm! This week, thoughts on dialogue.
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This week: All tips, almost zero blather....

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Tuesday Tips: Just like Torrid Tuesdays except… not sexy.

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Tips and thoughts - and please share yours. Do you enjoy editing your fics?

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First, my apologies for shirking on the Tuesday Tip duties the last couple of weeks....

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Thoughts, checklists and ideas on creating well-rounded original characters.

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Apologies for posting the Tuesday Tips so late that it's Wednesday for many of us. I'll be on it more efficiently after this weekend, and my last final exam ever!!!!! Woo-hoo!

Anyhow, this week's tips are lifted from an interview Cameron Crowe did with movie director/writer Billy Wilder. See what you think, and tell us if any of these speak to your writing process, struggles or successes.

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Hey, look at this - A Tuesday tip! This week it's 100% entirely courtesy of

goneahead who offers for our reading and our comments....

Goneahead's Down and Dirty Guide to Writing a Big Bang in Three (Somewhat) Easy Steps

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This week, it's all about going from Plot Bunny to Plot. Plus some thoughts on your 'point of attack' and a formula for reining in a story.
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I've been slacking on the Tuesday Tips, my apologies for that. I'd planned to use the class I'm taking as fodder,but we've reached the point where it's mostly critique. So today I thought I'd toss up a tip from the web and see if it inspires any conversation....

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Some thoughts on desire, danger, and winning by just showing up!

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