April 15, 2018 Writer’s Guide to Karate This is an add on to my writer’s guide for fight scenes. I decided to do Karate separately, because there’s HUGE misunderstandings about Karate… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
April 13, 2018 Too Many Good Ideas Where can you find ideas for your novels? Everywhere. I’ve recently come to the conclusion that unless I become a full time writer, there’s… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
April 12, 2018 A Fast Way To Develop Characters Bibisco I have a habit of looking around a couple times a year for any writing software I haven’t tried. There’s one hugely overpriced… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
April 10, 2018 Write In Scenes Writers write in scenes. We visualize the scene. With experience, we identify the scenes’ goals. We determine what must happen in the scene, and… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
April 9, 2018 Unfinished Projects Writers often end up with fragments of several books. You’ve got your main books you’re writing, and the skeleton of two more, and often… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
April 8, 2018 Getting a little busy Sorry for missing last week – I’m now in the finishing stages of completing a project for Cardinal Point Films. There still has to… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
April 1, 2018 Getting That Book Written! What do you do when a book vexes you? You’re writing along at a REALLY good clip – when suddenly you stop. BANG. How… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
March 30, 2018 Character Voice III Now let’s look at the last bits of writing Character voice. We touched on speech patterns, and that’s really where people fail to grasp… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
March 29, 2018 Character Voice II When we think of character voice, we tend to think of groupings of syllables. There’s more to it than that. Characters such as Rick… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
March 26, 2018 Character Voice When we first start writing, often we fragment elements of our own personality as fodder for our characters. Writing is a particularly soul baring… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn