Giving Your Writing A Proper Place in Time and Space by Beth Barany
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...
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Returning to Self by Beth Barany
One of the hardest things for me to know is what I really think and feel. Not because I just don’t know. But because I think and feel so much and I’ve learned much...
Spiritual Life of a Fiction Writer by Beth Barany
I’m working on a book on the spiritual life of a fiction writer. Not in any particular order. You can read my work-in-progress here on this blog. I’m writing this book to explore the...
One Word At A Time: The Law of Compound Effects by Beth Barany
People often tell me how overwhelming the thought is of writing a book. All those pages. All those words. But no one writes a book in one day. It takes time because words across...
So You Want to Be A Fiction Writer? 3 Practices You Need by Beth Barany
So you want to be a fiction writer… here are some things you need to know, do, and be… 1. READ If you want to be any kind of writer, read. Anything and everything....
7 Essential Keys to Planning Your Novel (Event) with Beth Barany at Fremont Library
In this hands-on free workshop, we’ll brainstorm the steps to create your novel—from character development to plot structure to story themes and world building—so you can start writing your novel prepared. For beginning to...
How is the Question by Beth Barany
As a young twenty-something, I went through an intense WHY phase. It didn’t seem to get me anywhere, just generated more guesses and more stories. A boyfriend told me that that asking WHY was...
We may be wired for story, but do we know how stories are structured? by Beth Barany
We may be wired for story, but we often don’t understand its structure or how a story is put together. The good news is story lives in us unconsciously. The other good news is...
Take Risks, Take It To The Edge by Beth Barany
Edge. On the edge. At the edge. Edgy. What’s over the cliff? Can you poke your nose over and see the depths of the potential fall? Being a creative isn’t about playing it safe;...
Why I Write, Or Why Am I Doing This? By Beth Barany
For many years I wanted to be a writer, from a young age in fact. At age 19, one summer, there I was journal writing in earnest 20 minutes every day before my student...
We are all a work in progress by Beth Barany
I am a WIP. You are too. We novelists use “WIP” to mean “Work in progress.”
10 Ways to Inspire Your Fiction by Beth Barany
Hi Creative Writers, Here are 10 ways to inspire your fiction, when you’re stuck or when you want to start a writing day. In no particular order: Listen to music on shuffle (I used...
2 Steps to Your Writer’s Stance by Beth Barany
In this article I’ll share what is writer’s stance, why it’s important, and how to uncover your writer’s stance, and how it can help you write.
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