Day 1 Word count: 0 words Word count goal: 2,000 words Mapping the Hero’s Journey: The Ordinary World Save The Cat: Opening image / Theme stated Welcome to the first day of your new novel. Today is all about that opening scene. What is your protagonist up to when first introduced? What is her dailyContinue reading “National Novel Writing Month (#NaNoWriMo) Day 1: The Ordinary World”
Tag Archives: Plot
Power through Act 2: Tricks and Tips for finishing your story.
Today we have a special treat, a guest post from award winning script writer and founder of WeFixYourScript.com, Geoffrey Calhoun. His advice applies to all writers milling about in the middle of their stories. Finishing Your Script by Defeating Act Two We’ve all been there. Stuck. Not sure where to go. Our lead characters millingContinue reading “Power through Act 2: Tricks and Tips for finishing your story.”
Poetry and The Fiction Writer
The collection of books pictured above was inspired by discovering The Art of series at my local library. The Art of discusses different aspects of writing with examples from a great variety of texts. I wanted to learn more about the authors who wrote the series, so I picked up their poetry and essays asContinue reading “Poetry and The Fiction Writer”
Creating Fictional Worlds: Not just Sci-Fi and Fantasy
I recently visited the Fantasy exhibit at the EMP museum in Seattle. In addition to the fun and inspirational drawings, costumes, and interactive computer exhibits, they displayed J.R.R. Tolkien’s hand written timeline. It was kind of him to reiterate the point of my previous post (Ha. Ha!). It also spoke to a related aspect ofContinue reading “Creating Fictional Worlds: Not just Sci-Fi and Fantasy”
Time Warp – recognizing flaws in the timeline
First, I want to thank Sherri Ann DeLost for inspiring me, by actually doing a storyboard. I hadn’t worried that my story timelines wouldn’t be securely matched in my mind as I wrote, until recently. One of my characters was lingering in his thoughts and being told he may have to spend some time inContinue reading “Time Warp – recognizing flaws in the timeline”
Experience Writing 