Here’s my self imposed deadline. The edit job on my first novel must be finished by September one. Current word count, 78,000. I need another…
Writing Your Next Blockbuster Film or Novel
Writing Your Next Blockbuster Film or Novel
Here’s my self imposed deadline. The edit job on my first novel must be finished by September one. Current word count, 78,000. I need another…
Continuing on from where we’ve been working all month, the First phase of the book planning process is the Logline, and then Save The Cat.…
Remember what you snacked on when you read “Fellowship of the Ring” for the 100th time? You probably had fruit, or chips and salsa. I…
One of the questions best selling novelists get the most from readers and potential authors alike is “Where do you get your ideas?” It often…
I’m 100% sold on Scrivener. I hesitated for the longest time, still holding onto YWriter because I didn’t want to spend $40. Once I bought…
Most writers are pant’sers. most Pant’sers struggle with writer’s block. Most pant’sers have trouble finishing their books. Jerry Jenkins thinks most writers are planners or…
One thing I’ve mentioned on my Twitter account is literally the single biggest change in my writing in the last year. I’ve come to understand…
Dialogue is hard for a lot of people. Something I was told back when I went to college was that dialogue was my strong point.…
One of the pitfalls of seat of the pants writing is that you toil on a book, you do a little planning, you create a…
Print this out, make copies and keep in your writer’s notebook. The story spark is the creation of Karen Wiesner, but I’ve adapted the idea.…