What do you love most about summertime? Is it the annual vacation to a familiar place or a place brand new? Is it the food – cookouts, crab boils, grilling up a storm? Is it the taste of watermelon, ice cream and popsicles? Maybe it’s having some time to rest, rejuvenate and perhaps even write a little, or (if you’re lucky) a lot.
I care that you write your novel, but I realized lately that I care more about your quality of life. All our courses are built with your full life in mind, including our upcoming Plan...
Not all types of comedy suit all readers, but everybody likes a good laugh—or even a slight smile. Many stories that are essentially serious are nonetheless enlivened and enriched by humor, and a few tested techniques can help put your humor across.
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by Beth Barany · Published August 8, 2018 · Last modified August 7, 2018
“Learning the business side of selling your art is hard,” they say. An artist can’t learn business. An artist doesn’t want to learn how to do business. Their personality isn’t suited for business, and...
A pilgrimage isn’t just about the Canterbury Tales. A Pilgrimage can be about Elvis, or Royalty, most certainly about history. It is a category of travel originally bent on redemption, but now more about gaining deeper understanding.
Why Does It Feel So Bad to Finish Your Book? The itchy and scratchy of finishing a book and bringing it out… When I am about to finish a book, whether I’m finishing the...
In this video, Beth interviews Bonnie about her process for character creation, including attitude and worldview as a filter for the characters experience and about the 12 character expression elements.
Choosing what is right for you… How do you choose what is right for you? I’m specifically talking about the world of a creative, of a fiction writer. I face this question all the...
by Guest Contributor · Published July 27, 2018 · Last modified July 26, 2018
Several projects and organizations focused on blockchain publishing aim to change this industry for the better. Here are some examples of the current challenges and proposed blockchain publishing solutions.
When you create a Scrivener project, you have to choose a project template. Each template comes with certain standard components already set up for you.
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.
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