Rewriting Your Next Blockbuster Movie!

My slogan or campaign motto – as you may have noticed – is “Writing your next Blockbuster Screenplay or Novel.” I will do re-writes,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Writing Your Novel 5: Conflict and Character

The essence of your story is this: Your logline. A man with a problem is having an okay life, when suddenly he something and…

Writing Novels Step 4: Save The Cat

On to step 4 of how to write novels! We’re going to talk about the Save The Cat and the 21 point template now….

Writing Novels Step 3: Planning your Novel

  Pant’sers and planners. Every writer tends to be a little along the line of a pant’ser. You’re writing by the seat of your…

Writing Novels Step 2: Setup Scrivener

After getting Scrivener registered, here’s what I suggest… go and do two searches on the internet. Free Scrivener templates Free name files for Scrivener…