Okay, in the last few days, we got the mechanical stuff set up for the novel. We’re about to really start our planning soon, but…
Writing Your Next Blockbuster Film or Novel
Writing Your Next Blockbuster Film or Novel
Okay, in the last few days, we got the mechanical stuff set up for the novel. We’re about to really start our planning soon, but…
Loglines are essential to writing movies. There are entire books and seminars about writing log lines. Recently, I got a book from Writer’s Digest where…
I’m of course always reading, studying, trying to improve. Experts tell us this is the character trait of a successful novelist and screenplay writer. It’s…
The first thing you’re going to do is get Scrivener, and then get the template. I’m probably going to try a mystery, because I’ve never…
Years ago, when I was a kid, I remember my dad going off on intro lines to books. He made a big deal about the…
Sounds good, doesn’t it? What does it take to write a novel in a month? You and I just missed it, because Nanowrimo is essentially…
It’s difficult to cut words from a novel. I wrote those words. It felt right to write them. But I have 196,000 words in my…
My fourth book is nagging at me. I know where it went wrong. I’m not entirely sure how to bail that part out. There’s certain…
Character Creation sheets run the gamut from “Name Height Weight Hair Color” to “At what age did your character first drink a soda?” I’m divided…
One thing I have found out is that when you say, “They can’t teach me anything”, it is a self fulfilling prophecy. Even though I’ve…