How to Create Vivid, Compelling Characters #4: A Pantser Talks About Characterization: In this video, Bonnie interviews Beth about her process for character creation, including goal-motivation-conflict, an “I am” statement, and a look at characterization during both pre-planning and editing.
I’m grateful for the inspiration to create this “prism” character, and I look forward to seeing her become fully-realized. While I’ve written biopics before, I believe this project represents something new for me.
How to Create Vivid, Compelling Characters: In this video, Beth discusses a passage from Bonnie’s work-in-progress to show how you can reveal character by letting the reader peek into the character’s thought process via interior monologue.
Don’t Start Your Story with a Dream! In real life, dreams have their own logic. They jump around, juxtapose images, fade and intensify, ignore transitions.
How to Create Vivid, Compelling Characters: Characterization Techniques in Action: In this video, Beth and Bonnie discusses a passage from Beth’s Henrietta the Dragon Slayer (Book 1) to show how you can reveal character through...
Poor or careless writing can sink a relationship as quickly as it can promote it. If you fire off a tone-deaf email, you’ll be explaining yourself for days.
How to Create Vivid, Compelling Characters: In this video, Beth and Bonnie discuss two passages from V.E. Schwab’s A Gathering of Darkness to show how you can reveal character through relationship (and relationship reversal)...
The other day I read a sentence that gave me pause. It said: “your deepest secret is your greatest strength.” That got me to thinking…
Scrivener is a popular writing tool that writers either love or hate. Here are three reasons why Scrivener is my must-have writing tool.
You know your writing is great, and you’ve nailed your social media strategy and referral program. Tick aaaand tick. What about your SEO strategy? Is organic search really relevant to you?
#AMA for aspiring novelists with a writer’s coach! Post your questions here: https://authorsama.amafeed.com/ama-for-aspiring-novelists-with-a-writers-coach-im-an-award-winning-ya-506959 SCHEDULED to go live on June 11, 2018 9:00 PM EDT | 6:00 PM PDT In a nutshell: I’m an award-winning...
On Giving Your Writing A Proper Place in Time and Space … Confession: I only work on my own novel about one to three hours a day — the creative parts I mean, whether those...
You need an editor to make your writing shine, and the first red pen that touches your draft should be your own. Learn how to revise, and especially, learn how to delete. Read Strunk & White’s Elements of Style or some other book that shows you how to strip verbiage, and then apply what you’ve learned to your manuscript.
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