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Shawn Proctor: Speculative Fiction Writer

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A Working List of Terrible Character Motivations

Posted on January 14, 2014January 13, 2014 by shawnproctor

I was soaking in the tub last night and pondering how to motivate two of my characters to go where… Read more A Working List of Terrible Character Motivations

Wordless Wednesday: “My First Acceptance Letter”

Posted on May 30, 2012May 24, 2012 by shawnproctor

Wordless Wednesday: “I want to be a writer”

Posted on May 23, 2012May 23, 2012 by shawnproctor

Wordless Wednesday: “I Want to be a Writer”

Loving Writing as a Process

Posted on February 13, 2012 by shawnproctor

Check out my new guest post, which continues my “Behind the Scenes” writing series. Loving Writing as a Process.  

Guest Blog: Writing What You DON’T Know

Posted on January 30, 2012January 30, 2012 by shawnproctor

If you have a minute, check out my “Behind the Scenes” post on “Writer, Writer, Pants on Fire” about writing… Read more Guest Blog: Writing What You DON’T Know

Behind the Scenes: Creating Your Palette

Posted on January 19, 2012January 19, 2012 by shawnproctor

Painters would never dream of putting brush to canvas without first mixing their paint, yet writers often begin a draft… Read more Behind the Scenes: Creating Your Palette

On Writing Well

Posted on November 11, 2011November 11, 2011 by shawnproctor

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work,… Read more On Writing Well

Rip Current

Posted on September 29, 2011September 29, 2011 by shawnproctor

Part 3 (Read part 1 and part 2) (Spoilers ahead!) The night Penny died Nols wasn’t there. She had worked… Read more Rip Current

Rip Current

Posted on September 15, 2011September 21, 2011 by shawnproctor

Published in Think Journal in 2010; Finalist in the Delaware Beach Life Writing Contest 2007 Part 1 Penny’s four roommates… Read more Rip Current

Classic German Army Cold Weather Parka (In the Style of J. Peterman)

Posted on September 7, 2011September 7, 2011 by shawnproctor

Check Point Charlie. Berlin. November 1989. Freedom. As a border guard on the east side of the Wall you had… Read more Classic German Army Cold Weather Parka (In the Style of J. Peterman)

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