Premium Novelist Program Is Now Free- WriteWay 1.9

Yesterday, Gizmo’s announced that the premium Novel Writing program WriteWay was now free. Apparently, the authors of the program have decided to stop development…

Essential Keys to the Writer’s Notebook

It doesn’t matter what kind of notebook you get. I like a small one (9.5X6) because that way I can carry it around with…

The Next Steps in the Novel Challenge

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,…

Writing a log line for your novel

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…

Writing a Short Story

Writing a short story is vastly different from writing a novel. Many short stories literally are what it takes for me to even get…

Getting your novel off to a right start

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….

Starting your novel project in Scrivener

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…

Six Important Keys to Scene Introductions

Years ago, when I was a kid, I remember my dad going off on intro lines to books. He made a big deal about…

Ten Essential steps you need to write your novel in one month

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…