Aldous Huxley on How to Write Forward
If we consider art fluid, but our publications static, then we have to accept the fact that each piece will represent us at a time point.
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- Oct 12, 2022
- 3 min
Five Actions that Can Derail Your Writing
A blog post dedicated to the newer writers in and around the world of social media... how to avoid some common pitfalls.
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- Oct 5, 2022
- 4 min
Another Year, Another NaNoWriMo: But, Should You?
Another NaNoWriMo is upon us, but I'm a slow writer. I'm still trying to figure out what to do next.
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Editors
- Jun 22, 2022
- 2 min
Random First Lines from Fiction: A Bookstore Game
We pulled 10 random first lines from fiction books to judge a book by its first line. What do you think? Would you read on?
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Editors
- May 25, 2022
- 3 min
Try Jeff Tweedy's Writing Exercise! (We Did!)
We attempted a writing exercise from Wilco-frontman Jeff Tweedy. The results were... well, wow.
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Editors
- Apr 20, 2022
- 4 min
Can Reading Go Extinct? A World Without Words
In a world becoming increasingly digital, is the art of reading headed the way of dinosaurs?
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- Mar 9, 2022
- 5 min
Hurling Bricks, or How to Get it Going: a Look at First Lines
Guest blogger John E. Meredith takes us on a tour of great opening lines in literature... and adds a few clunkers!
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Editors
- Feb 23, 2022
- 5 min
The Surprising Intersection of Medicine and Literature
What do Alice, Dracula, and The Yellow Wallpaper have in common? The answer may surprise you!
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Editors
- Jan 5, 2022
- 3 min
Stirring the Pot and Twisting the Plot: Creating Written Suspense
Good suspense includes four key elements: surprise, inevitability, escalation, and revelation. How can you keep a reader in suspense?
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Editors
- Dec 29, 2021
- 2 min
12 Days of Loud Coffee Press: a New Year's Wrap-Up!
In our own tribute to another year gone by, we've created a list of 12 gifts you have given us!
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Editors
- Dec 15, 2021
- 4 min
Staying Tense in the Best Way Possible: Lessons from Chuck Palahniuk
Up the tension in your writing with these helpful hints from master writer Chuck Palahniuk.
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Editors
- Oct 6, 2021
- 3 min
The Fundamental Interconnectedness of Everything, or 42
There’s not a whole lot of ways to explain this concept other than to illustrate it by mind-blowing example.
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Editors
- Sep 29, 2021
- 4 min
Douglas Adams, Memento Mori, and the Meaning of Life
The universe works in strange and unpredictable ways. On May 11th, 2001, exactly four months before the tragic events of 9/11, Douglas Noel
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Editors
- Aug 25, 2021
- 3 min
This is How I Sing
I was listening to a wonderful singer recently, and had a small lightbulb moment that might help keep the imposter syndrome beast at bay.
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Editors
- Aug 4, 2021
- 3 min
Who Killed the Fly that was Sitting on the Wall? A Cautionary Tale
What does an eighth grader, the best book fair ever, and a modus operandi have to do with life goals? Find out in this cautionary tale.
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Editors
- Apr 14, 2021
- 2 min
8 Surefire Ways to be a Completely Unsuccessful Artist
We’re here to give it to you straight. There’s no quicker path to becoming a completely unsuccessful artist than these eight steps!
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Editors
- Apr 7, 2021
- 4 min
Seven Novels that Wildly Defy the Three-Act Structure
So here it is - our list of books that defy the three-act structure.
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Editors
- Mar 31, 2021
- 3 min
Let's Talk Words
I'm talking about words. And this week's blog post is dedicated to them, in their goodness, badness, and all their lettery glory.
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Editors
- Jan 4, 2021
- 1 min
New Book Release: Funny Plastic Flowers by Fred Charles!
Loud Coffee Press is excited to announce our second book, Funny Plastic Flowers, by Fred Charles!
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- Dec 30, 2020
- 4 min
Twin Peaks to The Starless Sea: a Discussion of Weird
What makes something weird in a way that complements the story versus weird for the sake of being weird?
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