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‘TANFL. There ain’t no free lunch.’ Jim Butcher A few months ago, I saw a video of professionals applying for a new position. They started off bright eyed and eager, until the interviewer started describing the position. “You must be on-call for your client 365 days a year, no vacations,… Read more →
“Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.” Michael Jordan In a lot of ways, being a writer sucks.… Read more →
“You can write any scene ten thousand ways — a thousand of them will be fine, and a hundred will… Read more →
Hurting sucks. Chomping down on a cavity bites. Getting dumped by a significant other is the pits. Life has seemingly endless number… Read more →
Anne Lamott, in her must read book on writing Bird by Bird, famously commented that two DJ’s reside in the writer’s… Read more →
Now that we understand the basic concepts of scenes and sequels, the question becomes, how do we implement them? There… Read more →
A scene is where the action happens, where and how the story proceeds forward. However, after the setback or unexpected happens,… Read more →
Once you have the overarching plot points of your story, the next task becomes placing your protagonist into the novel… Read more →
We’ve entered the home stretch. We’ve done our job admirably. Our audience has bonded to our characters, we know the… Read more →
Jim Butcher sums it up nicely. “Everything you did in your book leads up to this. Deliver on the climax… Read more →