<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 09:39:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/wormsofwisdom/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Baby in the Blender: How I Learned to Love Critique]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all write for different reasons, but sometimes I think that deep down, I think part of the motivation for writing at all is that we want to be loved. Just a bit. Maybe that’s why we take it so hard]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@thinknzombie/baby-in-the-blender-how-i-learned-to-love-critique</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@thinknzombie/baby-in-the-blender-how-i-learned-to-love-critique</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thinknzombie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2018 13:29:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kyJM9JABQLRPjsM1uPXZuvARzQeXR3gBfvbngzeiXd5k7dtSQG9ZwyWcvXbQ886oKmBehKC5PsSjqHq8UYPLUAsZ14has9wa3mGnMeHCZpDtDc6LGv81rHXLTC2DwBDP2ehfFVH?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hook, Line and Sinker -- Story Openings (Part 2)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my last post ( Part1) we covered some of the basics of story openings or hooks. Going back to my opening line from The Mask of White and Red: Ilsa’s first memory was of fire. Something is clearly wrong]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@thinknzombie/hook-line-and-sinker-story-openings-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@thinknzombie/hook-line-and-sinker-story-openings-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thinknzombie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2018 09:55:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy2ofdgqEAc562j7RAgBQxa2AZRdLA6LcqnKKB4SKe7cZMRrBMjEmRKUkK5fCwHToCn4iE787aBkyYw7229KejxNDoFcT61RApn2WBJKKLXba8YAUNvRFs9FkJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hook, Line and Sinker -- Story Openings (Part 1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Hook Distractions. The world is full of them. The modern world even more so. There are a thousand things a potential reader could be doing other than reading your story (or novel, or screenplay, etc.).]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@thinknzombie/hook-line-and-sinker-story-openings-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@thinknzombie/hook-line-and-sinker-story-openings-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thinknzombie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 22:00:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy2ofdgqEAc562j7RAgBQxa2AZRdLA6LcqnKKB4SKe7cZMRrBMjEmRKUkK5fCwHToCn4iE787aBkyYw7229KejxNDoFcT61RApn2WBJKKLXba8YAUNvRFs9FkJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>