I just finished my screenwriting class and I got exactly what I wanted out of it. I shared the link to The Black List which is a great resource to read screenplays of popular and recent movies in my last post. That link alone would have made a free online course worthwhile, but I alsoContinue reading “Another Great Resource For Writers And Readers”
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A Great Resource For Writers and Readers (Updated)
Read screenplays from famous and popular films for free! If you read my posts about studying suspense and conflict, you may have noticed that I found a lot of useful information in books on screenwriting. I learned about story beats, the hero’s journey, and the purpose of story as an emotion generating machine. Recently, IContinue reading “A Great Resource For Writers and Readers (Updated)”
The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Six
Episode Six: She Only Says What She Wants To Say When we last joined Moxie, her head was swimming because the King’s murder she witnessed was apparently death by natural causes . . . After Officer Ormerod excused himself, Harry Hawkshaw handed his card to both Moxie and Nettles. “Sounds like this is allContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Six”
The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Four
When we left Moxie, she was buying shoes and overheard Nettles making mysterious plans . . . Moxie signed her receipt with her well-practiced illegible scribble and hurried around the side of the tent, but Nettles and his conspirator were nowhere to be seen. She didn’t have an appetite for greasy fair food, soContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Four”
Writing a Page Turner: Chapter Endings
Our exploration of conflict and suspense sprinted out of the gate in the first month of 2016. We have great books to read, a study plan, tools for evoking emotion and Moxie Sharpe is having weekly misadventures to put it all into practice. Exciting! So what’s in store for February? Application. Writing Moxie’s misadventures isContinue reading “Writing a Page Turner: Chapter Endings”
Writing a Page Turner: Evoke emotion in your readers
In my continued study of conflict and suspense, I found some great information in Chapter Six of Writing for Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias. The majority of the book is specific to screenwriting, but chapter six is stuffed full of great information about creating emotional engagement to hold a reader’s attention from beginning to end.Continue reading “Writing a Page Turner: Evoke emotion in your readers”
Read to Write: Conflict and Suspense
Improve your writing while you read Experience Writing is all about bringing you along on the roller-coaster of my writing life. Changing my focus from my writing life to yours means I need to let you in on my plans, so you can join me, right? To do that, I typed up my plan ofContinue reading “Read to Write: Conflict and Suspense”
The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe: Conflict and Suspense in Practice
My current area of interest is conflict and suspense. How do I write scene after exciting scene to keep my readers turning pages? I realize that to become a better writer, I can’t just read about writing suspense and read suspense novels, I need to write using the techniques I learn. So, for ourContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe: Conflict and Suspense in Practice”
Conflict, suspense,tension: Keep readers reading
What keeps readers’ eyes on the page? What makes a book that you can’t put down? These are the questions I’m exploring to start the year. It’s an important topic so I’ll be covering different aspects each week this month. As usual, I’m reading, watching, and listening to everything on the subject. I amContinue reading “Conflict, suspense,tension: Keep readers reading”
Experience Writing: This site is about you. Tell me what you want in the new year and a free gift!
This year is all about you! I recently took a course from Open University Australia called Write for the Web. The course opened my eyes to some fundamental truths about writing. The first truth–seems obvious, but created a shift in my outlook–I am writing for you. To write good content, I need to know whatContinue reading “Experience Writing: This site is about you. Tell me what you want in the new year and a free gift!”
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