LAST WEEK we talked about a central site for a dozen authors to feed their combined talents and readership and create larger fan base potential for them all. CLICK HERE to see my comments just after a reblog I did that gave me the idea, and CLICK HERE to read about my idea for an […]
I remember reading A Tale Of Two Cities in school and being partly fascinated with it. I don’t pretend I grasped the complexities of the novel at that age, maybe eighth grade or freshman year in high school, but I remember it read a lot like a soap opera – and our teacher informed us […]
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Serialized Novel
Originally posted on Jessica Marie Baumgartner:
I have an awesome twitter friend named Mark (not my writing Yoda, this is a different Mark haha @booksmusic72) who mentioned a while ago that we need to bring back the serialized novel. Brilliant. I’m all over this idea. It makes so much sense. A lot of the greats…
We all occasionally reach a spot in the story where we don’t know what to do, how to get the characters past a certain obstacle. If it lasts a while, people call it writer’s block. So don’t let it last. In Poggibonsi, the tricky spot was trying to think up a way for Mike’s wife to […]
Occasionally a writer reaches out and laments about a writerly problem. Here’s one I received recently that I think is fairly common. . Dear Dan, I recently realized that my writing has slowed to a standstill, not because I’m busy, but because I’m terrified to finish. Help. Scared Storyteller . Dear Storyteller, It’s not uncommon […]
. Simple enough, huh? When you get somebody to be honest about this, you learn about them. When you’re honest about this yourself, you learn about you. When you dissect it, you learn about writing. What the author or screenwriter did to make you cry was a series of repeatable steps that you can learn […]
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FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE: PLOT POINT
If you wanna get right to the challenge skip down to “FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE!” and champagne Leo. . As most of you know, plots are either very easy or very hard. You take a trip to Italy and see a girl on a train? Bingo! Three months and 100,000 words later you’ve written a Pulitzer […]
As I look for multiple voices to help explain the author’s journey, I discover many gems. Beth Kennedy – “KSBeth” to those of you who have seen her comments here – is certainly one. If an author needs a platform to assist in success, and a blog is to be part of that platform, then […]
I agree with so much of this article, it’s almost like I could have written it myself. I have, over the years, expressed just about every thought he asserts here! Therefore, the man is obviously a genius! I urge any new writer or anyone struggling to finish their story to read it. How To Be […]
Jessica Marie Baumgartner is a lively, spirited author with a wide range of interests: children’s stories, an erotic paranormal romance, and a space opera series (“Clearly, there is no one genre for me.” – Jessica). She has several works out and recently inked a 2-year deal for the release of her erotic paranormal romance novel – the […]
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