April 27, 2018 Active Verbs At some point, we’ve got to take a class or read a book on grammar. The famous samurai Miyamoto Musashi once wrote that every… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 26, 2018 Turn A Phrase We want to read good novels. And it’s amazing how you can really learn so much about writing. I think the essence of it… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 23, 2018 The Excitement of a Good Idea There’s a phase in the story development cycle where you are absolutely wracking your brains to come up with fifteen little plot points, and… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 22, 2018 Writing Fight Scenes Revisited After I wrote my guide to fight scenes, suddenly a lot of authors are writing their own guide to fight scenes. I resolved years… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 19, 2018 Writer’s Guide to Karate IV When getting your protagonist to a dojo, the first thing you do is bow in as you enter the dojo. Then depending on custom,… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 17, 2018 Writer’s Guide To Karate III Let’s look at techniques, and then Thursday I’ll give you blow by blow of techniques. Karate teaches you to chamber or “Yoi” techniques before… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 16, 2018 Writer’s Guide to Karate II One of the big disappointments to people who’ve trained and dedicated their lives to martial arts is to read books that get Karate completely … Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 15, 2018 Writer’s Guide to Karate This is an add on to my writer’s guide for fight scenes. I decided to do Karate separately, because there’s HUGE misunderstandings about Karate… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 13, 2018 Too Many Good Ideas Where can you find ideas for your novels? Everywhere. I’ve recently come to the conclusion that unless I become a full time writer, there’s… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 12, 2018 A Fast Way To Develop Characters Bibisco I have a habit of looking around a couple times a year for any writing software I haven’t tried. There’s one hugely overpriced… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)