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Month: October 2017

Short Story Still in the Works

Haven’t forgotten! I’m so desperately swamped with work, and trying to get my writing done! This is a busy time of year for my job…

Reflections

My whole life feels in transition right now. Since working so much on writing over the last few years, I’ve felt like my life is…

Seven things to remember about Writing Movies!

Years ago, I wrote my first screenplay, and it sold to a local company. I’d re-create it, but it was probably really bad. It was…

Web Site Score

I must be doing something right, because I ran my web site through an analytic service, and got a very good score. I’m not really…

The “Vomit” Draft

There’s a phrase among screenwriters – I think Jeannie Bowerman came up with it. Novelists have adopted it as well. The “Vomit” draft. What in…

Reader Survey!

Please help me by taking the following survey! I don’t collect information, I’m just trying to see how I can best serve my readers and…

Edit Later, Write Today

There’s really no way around this blog post – everyone’s going to know who I’m talking about. Jerry Jenkins has written a lot of novels,…

1667 words to Write!

Okay, you did all your planning, blah blah blah (see my articles over the last six days – you are clipping these to Evernote, right?),…

Writer’s Block and Seeing your Story

We’ve talked about starting your book, setting up Scrivener, a little bit on conflict, and a little bit on planning. Now we need to talk…