Interview Your Author: Writing Prompt
For Writing Prompt Saturdays, today, interview your author… Okay, I’ll explain. One of my favorite activities is journaling where I dialogue between various parts of me, like my editor and my writer, or my...
Category: inspiration
Brainstorm Your Way to Success
I was looking back in my Writer’s Fun Zone archives and was surprised to see I’ve never written a post on brainstorming. Free writing exercises, yes. Inspiration, yes, but never brainstorming, specifically. Why is that? I assume, perhaps wrongly so, all writers know how to brainstorm. Deeper than that, I have mixed feelings about visual brainstorming…
Happy Birthday Buckyballs! Story Prompt
Science is beautiful. “Interactive Google doodle marks 25 years since discovery of buckminsterfullerene C60, or the buckyball.”
The Writer’s Shadow Side
I am not worthy of this story. I have nothing to say. Why should I bother? No one will read it anyway. I’m a horrible writer. I can’t do this. So what? What is your shadow side saying to you?
Lunch with Katherine Neville
What I love about being a writer is talking about writing, telling crazy stories, and listening to even more wild ones! At the start of the year, I got to do just that — one of the most fun things, for me, a writer can do: I had lunch with one of my favorite authors!
Who Else Wants to Write a Book?
Stuck? Have an idea but not sure how put it down on paper? Looking for a guideline to help build your story? Then this online workshop is for you! Join Beth Barany as she presents 12 clear organized steps to create your novel from beginning to end.
Heroes Named Jack: How Many Do You Know?
“The hero named jack” In a Google Search, I found only five exact phrases. Hmmm. http://bit.ly/c59Gdf In a more loose search “hero named jack,” I found more over 32, 000 sites. Hmmm. How many heroes are named Jack? Lots!
Travel + Imagination = Fun!
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You can win a e-book to spark your writing! Read on… I love to travel. Travel sparks my imagination, fuels my story engine, and renews my motivation to write. One of my most favorite place in the world is Paris, France. I have lived there twice, visited twice, and speak fluent French.
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