None of us set out to write War and Peace. Although it seems like a beautifully written book, it’s also drudgery to read through! I…
Writing Your Next Blockbuster Film or Novel
Writing Your Next Blockbuster Film or Novel
None of us set out to write War and Peace. Although it seems like a beautifully written book, it’s also drudgery to read through! I…
One of the tools I use in Scrivener is of course the target word count. Everyone learns about the project total, but I like to…
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…
Constructing a scene should be simple enough. You get a visual of what you want to happen like a little movie, and you write it…
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…
What’s the single most important contribution you give your story? It’s not just the plot… Let’s look at the logline. “It’s about a guy who…”…
Can you write this year’s novel? Absolutely. One of the things I’ve been writing about is those people who sit and spend eleven years writing…
It’s easy to get focused on “What didn’t work?” You can get discouraged. How many of you tried Nanowrimo? did you succeed in writing your…
“Most screenplays fail at the concept level.” This is something I’ve been seriously thinking about lately. There’s almost a mathematical precision to writing movies, and…
Genre seems to be one of those things that fiction authors rarely think about. “It’s a book. I wrote it.” But learning how to write…