OH, YOU WANT CAKE, DO YOU? *EVIL CHUCKLE*
I had one of the weirdest arguments of my life today . . . with a plastic container. After lunch, I wanted a piece of the leftover cake...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Mar 2, 20203 min read
DON'T FEED THE SQUIRRELS
On Saturday night, my house hosted a birthday party for one of my roommates. (No, she's not a leap baby; it was just the weekend night...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 28, 20203 min read
HONORING LEAP DAY EARLY
I had a hard time getting up this morning. Yesterday was particularly rough, I woke up in the middle of a nightmare that left my heart...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 27, 20201 min read
FACEBOOK AND OTHER REFERENCE MATERIALS
We discuss the weirdest things on Facebook, don't we? For instance, I belong to a Facebook group called Trauma Fiction. It's a place...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 26, 20203 min read
"C1" AND CHARACTERIZATION
Remember "C1" (my niece of the astonishingly large vocabulary) from yesterday's email? Last night, her mother posted on Facebook about...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 25, 20202 min read
YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP
I'm the oldest of five children. My youngest sister, "L," and I are thirteen years apart. As you might guess, a big family with a big age...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 24, 20203 min read
DO *NOT* DO THIS IN YOUR DIALOGUE. EVER.
This weekend, a friend and I went out for dinner. During the conversation, the subject of musicals came up. I mentioned that I love the...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 21, 20202 min read
THE 3 GOALS OF WRITING
In college, I was a volunteer teacher in my church. On one Sunday, our congregation had a training meeting for all teachers. The...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 19, 20201 min read
BRB, HAVING A CRISIS
Today's post is going to be quick, because I apparently misunderstood how OneDrive works and may or may not have accidentally deleted a...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 17, 20203 min read
PRESIDENTS ARE COMPLICATED
In the United States, today is Presidents' Day. Depending on whom you ask, it's a holiday that commemorates the birth and legacy of...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 14, 20202 min read
A VALENTINE'S DAY THOUGHT
About this time last year, I was working for a publisher in North Carolina. This business seemed to have a special relationship with the...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 12, 20203 min read
CAST SAWS AND COURAGE
I was in an accident almost three years ago in which I seriously injured my foot. It wasn't even an epic situation like "I saved a baby...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 10, 20203 min read
SERIOUSLY, RANDOM DUDE?
It's been snowing like crazy in Denver for the last several days. Having grown up in Iowa and gone to college in Utah, I used to drive on...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 5, 20202 min read
BABY, IT'S COLD . . . INSIDE?
Yesterday, my roommates and I woke up to a 58-degree house. It was about 17 degrees outside (#coloradowinter #brrrrrr). The thermostat...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 3, 20202 min read
WHY "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW" ISN'T THE GREATEST ADVICE
The other day, one of my roommates and I had an interesting conversation. We attend the same church, and we were discussing some of the...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Jan 24, 20202 min read
ADDING MOMENTS OF PURE DELIGHT
Yesterday, I went to a store here in Denver that I've passed several times but never had a chance to visit: the Wizard's Chest. You guys....
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Jan 22, 20202 min read
ESCAPE ROOMS, PROMISES, AND WRITING
A few months ago, my then-roommate ("S") and I decided to try out an escape-room place in our local mall. We arrived on time, but the...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Jan 14, 20203 min read
A FICTION TIP THAT WORKS FOR NONFICTION WRITERS, TOO
Last night, I stumbled across an article in the New York Times called "Capitalism and 'Culturecide.'" While it covers a sensitive topic,...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Jan 13, 20203 min read
THE #1 THING I SEE WRITERS STRUGGLE WITH
Let's face it: Writing is hard. There's no way around that. That's why we have such great admiration for people who do it well. People...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Jan 7, 20203 min read
4 EASY TIPS TO MAKE YOUR PROSE CLEARER
Nonfiction. It's so important, yet so many people are terrified of it. Considering the way much of it is written, I can't blame them. I...
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