How to Evaluate Stories is a great little guide to finding story problems and fixing them fast!
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Story rules from a master.
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April 2012 Master Class in Bergen Norway
Continue readingThe Role of Impulse in Creating Three Dimensional Characters
#ThinkpieceThursday – A character’s Immediate Response is where the character goes first emotionally.
Continue readingRepetition 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.”
Continue readingVulnerability
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.
Continue readingA 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.
Continue readingScreenplay Competitions
There are a lot of dubious screenplay competitions out there but BlueCat is worth entering.
Continue readingWords of Wisdom from Francis Ford Coppola
#WritingAdviceWednesday – Always make your work personal, and you never have to lie
Continue readingCreating 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.
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