Writing Exercises

Études de Plume: Part I

“Étude: a piece of music intended to be played to improve a musician’s technical skills. The word comes from the French for study.”

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The Études de Plume are studies in writing for composers of words.  There are two parts to the études.  Part I is free and links to each étude can be found on this page.  Part II can be found within the course Pen & Paper.

Études de Plume: No. 1

How do you Write?

Understanding how you get words on the page is an important lesson.  Click on the video below to complete your first study…in yourself.

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Études de Plume: No. 2

Dialogue

When you write dialogue it is important to keep things simple.  Click on the video to learn more.

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