“Dialogue should be active, develops characters and create moods in the scene,” Karl Igelsias said, screenwriter, script doctor and consultant, “Dialogue is the first thing a publisher will look for.” In other words, don’t fill up your book with page after page of narrative. Give your reader highly charged dialogue and they will thank you for it.
by Beth Barany · Published September 27, 2014 · Last modified September 26, 2014
Enjoy this short video on my take of what is genre fiction? Do you agree? Disagree? Why? Why not? More about this program: http://30daywritingchallengefornovelists.bethbarany.com/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/beth_barany Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethbarany Creativity Coaching for Writers: http://bethbarany.com/
Years ago, while searching for my niche as a writer, I stumbled across a how to book on marketing for writers which included an index of activities. These exercises were designed to help novices, aspiring practitioners, and those struggling with self-confidence issues get organized. I plunged into the myriad of possibilities and came up with my ten tips for chroniclers.
Commitment: When You Commit Things Happen Because You Make Them Happen by Beth Barany, author of the series about Henrietta The Dragon Slayer, a young adult epic fantasy, book 3 coming in 2015. More...
One of the delights of reading fiction is getting lost in the world of the story. Becoming so immersed in that place and time that we get confused when we look up from the page, and have to ask, “Where am I?”
New series! For the month of August, and now into September, I’ve been practicing in the real world via video, sharing with you my journey as a creative entrepreneur. It is both a big risk...
The month before last I spent 10 days in Texas. Ten glorious days. Before I left I was in a funk, a funk so deep that I could not seem to pull myself out of it.
Author Career / Writer Wellness
by Beth Barany · Published September 9, 2014 · Last modified September 8, 2014
For writers: Simple self-care steps to cultivate habits of presence, ease and joy. Presented by my Right-Brain Business Plan cohort, Sheila Pai. Hello dear writers! Do you put others first and find yourself on empty...
So this year I ignored the inner voices and entered competitions, submitted to journals, wrote stories I didn’t know how to write, and agreed to do things I wasn’t 100% sure I could do.
Stephanie Chandler, founder and president of the Nonfiction Authors Association, will interview me on how to write better nonfiction on Wednesday, September 10, 10am Pacific. I’ll present tips on good writing that apply to...
by Beth Barany · Published September 5, 2014 · Last modified September 19, 2014
New series! For the month of August, and now into September, I practice in the real world via video, sharing with you my journey as a creative entrepreneur. It is both a big risk and...
I began writing short stories to ease my sense of isolation and help me make it through each day. I recall experiencing a profound sense of exhilaration. You could say I was falling in love.
As a novelist building a career, do you ever feel that you are shouting into the wind? That you’re clawing up a slippery muddy mountain? That you’re paddling upriver in a whitewater rapids? I...
Enjoy this short interview with Leslie Nipps and I, Beth Barany, on my upcoming October 2014 course on preparing your novel for Nanowrimo. More information and to sign up here: http://30daywritingchallengefornovelists.bethbarany.com/ Follow me on...
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