Find Your Character’s Tipping Point by Kay Keppler
Have you ever changed your mind about something substantial? If you ever shifted your opinion, why did you? And how did that decision shift your world view or how you lived your life?
Have you ever changed your mind about something substantial? If you ever shifted your opinion, why did you? And how did that decision shift your world view or how you lived your life?
This week I’ve been discussing story structure with my classes and it started me thinking about how the steps of the Hero’s Journey might look if I were to try and trace those steps through my own life.
Let’s welcome back Catharine Bramkamp as she shares with us “The Journey is the Story.” Enjoy! While teaching Scene and Plot Boot Camp with CS Lakin…
The third in a series on the Strange and Confusing Road to Getting Published series by Keri Kruspe: “To Be (wide) or Not to Be (wide)…That is the Question.” Enjoy!
Writers across the globe are jotting down plot ideas and character notes. In this post, I’m going to introduce you to three tools you can use for planning your novel
Well, first things first. You gotta know where you’ve been to know where you’re going. So let’s see what have I accomplished to have my trilogy published?
Getting backstory right is difficult. Authors want readers to understand what made their characters into the people they are, but the usual backstory techniques.
Taking the Plunge – NaNoWriMo. I’ve made up my mind to participate in this year’s NaNoWriMo, the challenge where hearty and fearless writers commit to writing an entire novel during the month of November.
I’ve talked a bit about what a copyright is, and about what rights you have under copyright. But what exactly do you do with a copyright? Sure, it has value, but what could you do to maximize that value?
How do you build a whole world? Lord of the Rings, Disc World, Game of Thrones, Handmaid’s Tale, these fantasy series are as much about their world as they are about the characters and story.
Today we welcome a new guest writer to Writer’s Fun Zone, Keri Kruspe who is stopping by to chat with us today about “The Strange and Confusing Road to Getting Published.” Enjoy!
How/where can I focus? Where is the best place to write? When is the best time to write? How can I increase my productivity?
What is Po.et? It is an Ethereum-based, universal ledger designed to track ownership and attribution for the world’s digital creative assets.
by Guest Contributor · Published September 20, 2018 · Last modified September 25, 2018
Love them or hate them, blurbs are a way of life for writers. We blurb our books or series, we even blurb our author brand. So why is writing a quick, bite-sized blurb so hard?
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