December 13, 2017 Essential Keys to the Writer’s Notebook It doesn’t matter what kind of notebook you get. I like a small one (9.5X6) because that way I can carry it around with… 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)
December 12, 2017 The Next Steps in the Novel Challenge Okay, in the last few days, we got the mechanical stuff set up for the novel. We’re about to really start our planning soon,… 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)
December 11, 2017 Writing a log line for your novel Loglines are essential to writing movies. There are entire books and seminars about writing log lines. Recently, I got a book from Writer’s Digest… 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)
December 7, 2017 Six Important Keys to Scene Introductions Years ago, when I was a kid, I remember my dad going off on intro lines to books. He made a big deal about… 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)
December 6, 2017 Ten Essential steps you need to write your novel in one month Sounds good, doesn’t it? What does it take to write a novel in a month? You and I just missed it, because Nanowrimo is… 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)
December 5, 2017 Cutting words It’s difficult to cut words from a novel. I wrote those words. It felt right to write them. But I have 196,000 words in… 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)
December 4, 2017 Nagging My fourth book is nagging at me. I know where it went wrong. I’m not entirely sure how to bail that part out. 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)
November 27, 2017 9 Must-Do Steps to Writing your novel in Scrivener If you’ve never used Scrivener, it has some little-known tools that are exceptionally powerful, and make planning and editing your novel much more effective…. 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)
November 17, 2017 Seven Forgotten Secrets of Story Conflict Let’s face it: If you don’t have conflict, you don’t have a story. Photo by Clinton Naik on Unsplash This is why every course in Screen writing… 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)
November 12, 2017 How to make Guaranteed Winning Story Ideas I guess I’m the wrong guy to ask, “How can I come up with ideas?” Because I’ll tell you – I don’t have any… 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)