<![CDATA[A New Tale ~ Creative Writing is FUN! - Blog]]>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:46:12 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[A New Tale Band News]]>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:59:38 GMThttp://anewtale.com/blog/a-new-tale-band-news​Something New Is Brewing at A Hot Song - VIDEOS!
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There’s a fresh spark running through A Hot Song lately. Behind the scenes, A New Tale Band has been tuning up a few things, organizing our music catalog, and getting ready for a big year of fresh music releases... including NEW Lyric Videos!
 
If you’ve stopped by the New Band's Site recently, you may have noticed a little extra shine — and some new lyric videos too. We want to help you enjoy some smiles as you learn the words to our songs so you can sing with us at our gigs and events.

There’s more on the way. We’re building a smoother, faster experience so you can explore new tracks, share music videos with your friends, and create memorable stories without missing a beat.

As always, the best place to catch what’s happening next with your favorite band's video publications is right here at A Hot Song VIDEOS by A New Tale Keep an eye out — new music, new pages, and new surprises are rolling out soon.
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A New Tale (band) has been writing song and crafting new tunes nonstop, and with so many singles lined up, we’ve started organizing everything into a clean, easy‑to‑explore catalog. Each song is getting its own page with artwork, stories, and lyric videos — a place where every track can shine.

We’re still building and polishing, our new Band Website but the foundation is already taking shape. If you’re curious about what’s coming, or want to revisit some of the early releases, you can browse the evolving Artist Music Catalog anytime at ahotsong.com
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STAY TUNED ROCKERS: More songs, more stories, and more music pages are on the way. "Everyone Loves a Hot Song!" by A New Tale Band.
]]><![CDATA['Love Subject' by A New Tale Band Rocks!]]>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 01:48:42 GMThttp://anewtale.com/blog/love-subject-by-a-new-tale-band-rocksRock Vibe: 'Love Subject' Lyric Video Out Now! 
Love Subject - LYRIC VIDEO
"Now our fans can Watch and Sing Along with A New Tale Band's Newest Hit tunes!"

"Check out  'Love Subject' it's a groovy sound and easy to learn to sing with the hip lyrics displayed so artistically."

"Love Subject...You'll dig the lyric video and have Fun learning the words and singing along with your favorite band!"

Love & Yearning meets Lyrical Beauty - You asked so we're making it easy to learn your favorite A New Tale Band songs. Enjoy 'Love Subject', the official lyric video is a musical journey.

Watch NOW and allow the music to move you!
*Tell us what you think? 
Is your favorite band on to something? Feed back is Love!

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]]><![CDATA[Who is Interested in this Tale?]]>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 02:29:12 GMThttp://anewtale.com/blog/who-is-interested-in-this-tale
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Choosing Your Words Carefully
By Stu Leventhal

Reporters, Politicians, Radio DJs, Defense Lawyers all
learn quickly the power of wise, word usage. Speach Givers, Clergymen, Comics and of course advertisers toil over word and phrase choice.

Knowing what you wish to say is just the beginning. Now, you need to pick the best, most effective way to say it.

Think about this; you probably would not speak with your friends using the same tone, style and words as you would use when talking to your boss, even if you were trying to communicate the exact same message.

The top writers, know how to present their messages so that their ideas leave an impression.

The moral of your story is why you are telling the tale. The moral is your lesson that you wish your readers to take away after they are done reading your piece.

Most of us do not just write to write because writing is time consuming. Important stuff gets written down.

If we trust our neighbor, we can seal a deal with just a handshake, nothing's written down. We write up a contract that we each are going to sign when we are agreeing to something that is important. The written agreement is to assure each party understands the terms they are agreeing to with little chance for one party misinterpreting or forgetting the terms.

When you have a good reason for spinning a yarn, there is probably going to be a moral to the story. The way you expose your story's moral makes all the difference.

The challenge isn't in stating or revealing your tale's moral but in regulating what emotional response you are going to get when your reader or listener finally realizes what you have been trying to teach them.




]]><![CDATA[The Story Is In The Details]]>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 02:26:11 GMThttp://anewtale.com/blog/the-story-is-in-the-details
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You Need Facts to Write Well!
       By Stu Leventhal

You must have data to support your ideas. Where you get your facts determines how good you can write about subjects and topics.

You cannot get artistic until you know what you are talking about.

What makes a great article, post or book is in the fine points and unique details.

Conclusions have to make sense. You need proof to back up your conclusions.

Yes, you can have an unusual or unique take on an incident or on an idea or have an expressed viewpoint about how expert someone really is. It's your opinion after all. But you will appear silly if folks can debate you too easily and they run circles around your position, because you were uninformed.

​Research, research, research... Wisdom outranks suave speaking ability.

Independently verify the facts before you repeat them or use them to draw up your outlook.


Investigate, test your theory, explore some other views, look at all sides, experiment, analyze, fact-find,
examine what others are saying... With all the info in front of you, deduce, surmise and decide.

Only after you have thoroughly studied a topic can you move on to getting artsy with telling others about your findings.

Have you verified the credibility of your sources?

​Your article, novel, short story, blog post, can only be as good as the information you have gathered.
]]><![CDATA[Write for Yourself & Your Fans Too]]>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 02:21:24 GMThttp://anewtale.com/blog/write-for-yourself-your-fans-too
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Spruce Up Your Writing ~ By Stu Leventhal

Whether you are trying to communicate by song lyrics, poetry, short story, essay or other prose, do not be vague. Be precise, non-cryptic, on point and as specific as possible.
 
Your readers need to understand exactly what you are trying to tell them.
 
Yes. You can still use imagery and symbolism and metaphors and have hidden messages in there, if that is your thing; but be careful with words, phrases and statements that have more than one meaning. Do not risk being misinterpreted.
 
When you say, “Society is angry because of blah, blah, blah…” The word society can mean many different things to your various readers. Drill down to the actual part of society that is mad. Plus, there are different versions of ‘angry’ too. How upset is your particular sector of society. Are they about to get violent or organizing a peaceful protest rally or just ranting and venting online in chatrooms?
 
Explain, define, clarify… General messages are too weak but very long descriptions become boring. So, it is a balance. Give us enough to comprehend but do not drone on and on and on.
 
They say, ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’, so, make us visualize. Don’t just give us a dictionary type interpretation or an encyclopedia style narrative or a long sermon. Compare stuff to make your points fast.
 
His heart was as big as the universe.
 
She was small as a minnow but gutsy as a grizzly.
 
The great writers twist language to fit their needs. Definitions are subject to context. Nature gets interpreted for your use.
 
Creative Writing TIP: Teach through emotion.
]]><![CDATA[Your Title Should Sell Us]]>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:23:10 GMThttp://anewtale.com/blog/your-title-should-sell-us
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Improve Your Non-Performing Web Content
By Stu Leventhal - A NEW TALE Editor

There should be motive behind very piece of online content you post for viewing. Nothing should get posted or published then forgotten about.
 
Web content must be monitored and maintained.
 
The Amazingness of web content is made possible because it is digitally delivered to its viewers. Digital technology has enhanced all our traditional arts. Photos can be manipulated to look better. Videos and audios can be edited quickly and most importantly improved by unskilled, non-pro people using affordable software and often free online services.
 
There are even software programs to aid writers, not just for grammar and spelling checks but for coming up with writing ideas and new topics.
 
One no longer needs to be a natural gifted artist to partake in the arts.
 
Anyone, yes you too, can create and display pro looking artistic work on the web!
 
Some people are faster at it than others but with the proper equipment (usually software or an AI program) and the patience to learn, anyone can become an expert at creating, designing and distributing quality web content of all kinds.
 
Web content is made more dynamic and fascinating because all and any combo of art forms can be integrated, merged and then published together in a powerful, resinating fashion.
 
When you are using digital electronic technology, you can deliver to your audience any experience they would be able to get from radio, reding a magazine or from browsing thru a newspaper or even when watching a TV show. But none of the above mediums can involve audience participation like the web allows.
 
With all the help apps available now-a-days, there are really, no more excuses for posting dull, boring web content.
 
Unfocused or mis-sized photos should be fixed. Trim your photos down or add pixels to correct clarity. Reposition and resize, make foggy areas brighter, make focal points sharper, so your images rival photographs and videos made by the best photogs in your industry.
 
Add bold borders around your photos so they standout on your webpage. Layer text over top of your images… Your website and blog photos and videos should be perfect. Visitors on your site should want to share your images.
 
Your website visitors should also want to share your words of wit with their social media audiences.
 
Your fans should want to send their audiences links to find your work. The name of the game is sharing!
 
You have to get creative and post things that are really wonderful; interesting, funny, unique and surprising for people to want to talk about and link to your text, articles, photos and videos.
 
If your web content is not share worthy or ready to be bragged about and passed around cyberspace then you have no business publishing or posting it.
 
The people who share content are proud of their finds. Many make a nice living by bringing great stuff to the attention of their large following.
 
IMPORTANT: No one shares junk!
 
1) First, you create great stuff.
2) Next, you load it and post it where people already go, who like your type of publishing or topics.
3) Now you tell people, all over the net, where your great content is, explaining why they need to go see it, leaving links to take them to it.

TIP: Add some SEO if you want Search Engines like Google to give you a hand with promoting your work.
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Being Interesting Creative and Worth the Read 
By Stu Leventhal

Your writing style should be to 'WOW' your readers, so they are hungry for more.

There are authors who can say more with one sentence than most authors can say with five pages of words!

TIP: Be careful with your cleverness. Remember that language and talking allows us a lot of room for making flip comments but writing has to be more eloquent.

Know that great stories, essays, speeches... that sound smooth and are read effortlessly, have probably been rewritten, reworked, edited and rewritten again and again in order to achieve their high level of literacy.

You will definitely need to put time into your work to elevate your quality.

IMPORTANT: Whenever you write, get into the habit of presenting your very best verbiage.

Force yourself to write what you think you cannot. Slowly, with experience, your writing will improve with each challenge you undertake.

Do not get too caught up in copying the technique of your favorite authors. Old or modern, the methods of other authors will not fit you or gel with your topics or appeal to your audience.

We all think differently and thus must develop our style for the writing project at hand.

The situation, subject matter, the audience and our goal will call for how we write this time. Next time we may need to write in a totally different way.

TIP: Try setting out to write specifically to get a certain predetermined reaction.

Ernest Hemmingway advised writing students, "As a writer you should not judge. You should understand."

Nietzsche said about communication styles, "Style ought to prove that one believes in an idea, not only that one thinks it but also feels it."

Do you have a favorite author whose style you are trying to imitate? Tell us in a comment who your writing idol is and why you like how they write.
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Do You Need a Signature Writing Style?
By Stu Leventhal

Only other artists can know what a fellow artist, author, poet, lyricist, journalist goes through to put the final touches on their work. The mental turmoil, the focus and self-imposed stress is harsher than the toughest literary critic could possibly impose.

It is amazing where an author can transport a reader with just a few well-crafted written sentences.

Let your emotional state flow into your words.

The style of the language must fit the subject matter.

Long stoic sentences may not mesh with your topic's tone. Think, are more delicate words more appropriate? Perhaps your telling style is interrupting the dark mood you are trying to produce.

TIP: Good writing takes total concentration.

REMEMBER: Words can have more than one meaning. Don't distract your reader from your message by making them think about which definition you mean about a word.

The reading should be easy.

Language should be rhythmic and flowing.

Sentences, paragraphs and thoughts should intermingle, one leading into the next.

Ideas big and small must complement each other at least slightly. The whole piece must give off a feeling of continuity.

The author should strive for invisibility.

Young creative writers seem to be more concerned with what the reader thinks about them and their talent rather than getting the reader absorbed in the subject matter of their work.

TIP: Your goal is not to convince your readers, what a cunning linguist this author is or what a funny writer you are or even to make them think, wow, this author knows his stuff. You are successful when the readers are not thinking about you, their author, at all because the work itself has captured their total attention.

Do no worry about developing your distinct, recognizable writing style. You'll have one or a few. We all do. Your styles will be developing and changing as you get more confident, the more you write.

Know there will be times when you must create a style or twist a technique based on what you have to communicate to your readers.

Experiment, keep pushing yourself. How else are you going to find out how great a writer you can be? 
]]><![CDATA[Tell Me Again Why You Are A Creative Writer?]]>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 03:41:03 GMThttp://anewtale.com/blog/tell-me-again-why-you-are-a-creative-writer
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I write to develop my imagination, which is the essence of all living... AGREE or DISAGREE???

Comments Welcome!

Authors can do great things with just a pen and some paper.

We create stuff, solve problems, inform, inspire... Make people smile and laugh or sigh.

Lots of great things get written while the author is located in the most unusual places. Many books, stories, chronicles, have been penned under the harshest conditions... in jail, for instance, or during wars or while recovering or dying in hospital beds.

Learn to write well and you can and will change the world!

How much of the world you wish to write for is up to you.

Heck, Shakespeare still influences the present-day world, hundreds of years after his death and the Play-Write will go on influencing coming generations yet to be born too.

Will someone find your book four hundred years from today and be delighted?

If you write it passionately, they will read it cover to cover.

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