Upcoming Writerly Events, June 2024
Upcoming Writerly Events, June 2024 – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 104 “I will invite you to bring all the parts of you into creating an author marketing goal or goals. And...
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How to Use the Enneagram for Character Development by Laurel Osterkamp
Laurel Osterkamp explains how to use the enneagram for character development. Try using it next time you want to build a character!
How to Handle Backstory, A Story Success Clinic with Amy Johnson
How to Handle Backstory, A Story Success Clinic with Amy Johnson – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 71 “So here instead of telling and this is kind of an advanced tool to...
Can You Write an Article in the Voice of a Creative Writer Explaining How to Use Chat GPT for Beginning Novelists and Bloggers? by Catharine Bramkamp
There are many ways to use ChatGPT for beginning novelists as well as many anxieties. Let us tell you what they are and soothe your worry.
Four Tips For Writing Flawed Protagonists by Laurel Osterkamp
Writer and teacher, Laurel Osterkamp, shares Four Tips For Writing Flawed Protagonists and why they make for compelling stories.
World Building and Mental Models
Beth Barany shares insight into building your characters’ reality to make it stand out to readers and how our models of reality can shift in this episode World Building and Mental Models. Platforms the...
Three Steps to Three Dimensional Characters by Laurel Osterkamp
Three dimensional characters make better stories, here are three steps authors can use to help readers connect to their characters.
It’s In the Cards: Using Oracle Cards for Inspiration by Catharine Bramkamp
With the flip of a card Tarot and Oracle cards offer thematic, character and plot ideas to authors who find themselves needing inspiration.
Inspiration From a New Direction by LA Bourgeois
Inspiration can come from many different sources, some as easy as simply mixing up your routine and looking around you with new perspective.
Image Play: Using Pictures to Write by LA Bourgeois
LA Bourgeois teaches us how we can use any image as a writing tool, generating ideas and creating characters for us. With Image Play, we have an endless source of inspiration.
Going Pro: The Journey Using a Blog to Make a Bestseller by Marilyn Flower
Marilyn Flower tells us about the BYOB Challenge and how writing blog posts to develop her characters led to eventually publishing a bestselling ebook.
Add a Goblin: A Writing Exercise by LA Bourgeois
LA Bourgeois discusses a common problem for writers and how to fix it: Have a scene or character that’s feeling stale? Add a goblin! Your own little agent of chaos will help show you your story.
Mind Mapping for Novelists: Driving on the Road Not Taken by Catharine Bramkamp
Use mind mapping to discover your characters’ road not taken and add depth to your fiction. And your life. From writing coach and author of Writing from the Queen’s Seat: Discover and Write From Your Authentic Authority, Catharine Bramkamp.
Avoiding Character Stereotypes by Kay Keppler
How careful are you when you describe your characters? Have you ever—or ever been tempted—to fall into clichés to get your point across? If you can avoid character stereotypes, you can strengthen your writing and keep your reader captivated.
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