January 13, 2018 An unlikeable character One of the pitfalls of seat of the pants writing is that you toil on a book, you do a little planning, you create… 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
January 9, 2018 Character Creation 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… 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
January 8, 2018 Journaling tools One of the bigger problems I’ve run into is journaling. So few people journal, that journaling programs are few and far between. And you… 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
January 6, 2018 More thoughts on WriteWay Some more thoughts on WriteWay, now that I’ve had some time to poke with it. As I’ve said before, the best writing program hands… 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
January 5, 2018 Character Profile–Joseph Lohman Years ago, I started a Star Trek novel, which I abandoned because there was no internet, no place to find the kind of information… 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
January 4, 2018 Spark Sheet Print this out, make copies and keep in your writer’s notebook. The story spark is the creation of Karen Wiesner, but I’ve adapted the… 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
January 3, 2018 Writing This Year’s Novel 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… 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
January 2, 2018 2018 Best Novel Writing Programs Writers always want to know – what is THE best novel writing programs? It just bugs the living daylights out of you to think… 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
January 1, 2018 2018 2018! This is it. This is the year you will discover is your breakout year. This is the year you’re going to read those… 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
December 31, 2017 What didn’t work this year? 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… 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
