Four Essential steps that Will Make Strong Characters

Writers often have one major shortcoming. We often skimp on character development. Yet Character development is a crucial part of writing novels, and is…

What Three Things do Successful Writers Do?

What does a writer do? Photo by rawpixel.com on Unsplash They write. Yes, but… write what??? This is the lesson. This ultimately is what makes a good…

8 Simple Steps to Make your Dreams a Reality

Photo by Dakota Corbin on Unsplash The hardest part about “getting there” is this – the waiting. I’m writing. I’m doing everything right. My writing is good. My…

Getting Caught Up

Have you ever bought a book that got you so caught up that you just stayed home to read it? Photo by Alejandro Escamilla on Unsplash I…

Unexpected Free Writing Tool!

Recently, as I attempt to go through and learn how to embrace the social media scene, I’m learning how to do Twitter. As Michael…

Writing With Scrivener

I know I write a lot about Scrivener… but this is one program I really believe in. Let me differentiate between Final Draft and…

Interacting With Your Favorite Authors

You buy the book… and it’s written. You think to yourself that “Wow, it would have been great if Stephen had just…” whatever. Photo…

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…

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…