How to Evaluate Stories is a great little guide to finding story problems and fixing them fast!
Category: Writing Tips
Writing Rules from Kurt Vonnegut
Story rules from a master.
Workshops & Consulting in Norway
April 2012 Master Class in Bergen Norway
#ThinkpieceThursday – The Role of Impulse in Creating Three Dimensional Characters
#ThinkpieceThursday – A character’s Immediate Response is where the character goes first emotionally.
Repetition and Reflection
It turns out that just putting in hours and hours at your chosen writing work is not enough; the only way to get better is to make sure you’re devoting those hours to what the researchers call “deliberate practice.”
Vulnerability
I saw this speech by Brene Brown about vulnerability and fear on a Ted Talk. Everything she says applies to writing and is part of the Character Map eBook.
A Sense of Humor
Do you have a sense of humor about yourself? Doing serious work demands not taking your success, your failures or yourself too seriously. Not doing so is a serious mistake.
Screenplay Competitions
There are a lot of dubious screenplay competitions out there but BlueCat is worth entering.
#WritingAdviceWednesday – Words of Wisdom from Francis Ford Coppola
#WritingAdviceWednesday – Always make your work personal, and you never have to lie
Creating a Linguistic World
Advice for any writer who is creating an unfamiliar world– in another historical period or in a fantasy world or science fiction realm.