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Recent Posts

    Facebook has (again) falsely judged a post.

    One of my wife’s posts was about her (southern) ancestry. You’ll see it below.

    The trees did it long before us.

    What’s the Structure?

    Robert Carlson created a summary chart of thirteen (13) story structure overviews. Here’s his diagram (saved from a comment at reddit).

    Plotters versus Pantsers

    Plotters plan a story’s major events, then they write using that guide. (Pantsers, on the other hand, simply jump right in to the writing and “see where it goes.”)

    Something Broke
    Post

    April 28, 2021

    A week of intermittent attempts at JT-8 on my ham radio failed to make any contacts. Not a single one.

    Introduction

    WordPress’ WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) view is great for simple posts. With it, I can dash off a few paragraphs, throw in an image or two, emphasize some words and bold-face others, and hit Publish. Voila, I’ve posted my opinion!

    Learning Scrivener
    Post

    February 6, 2021

    What is Scrivener?

    Scrivener is a set of computer tools for organizing, writing, editing, and publishing predominantly “text” works.

History

EDSkinner.net began in 2023. Fiction and non-fiction publications are included as well as (blog) posts and supplemental materials from flat5.net (2004-present).

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