A Case Study in Near-Perfect Concept-Premise Integration
Plus, some Storyfix.com updates on coaching and a few new ebooks. Submitting your work for evaluation and coaching can feel like a daunting experience. Sometimes things don’t work as well as you thought, or hoped, and the feedback feels more like backpeddling than the forward-energizing catalyst that it really is. And then there are […]
“The Situation” – True Dramatic Arc vs. Static Situational Narrative
A Case Study in One Dimensional Storytelling There is a saboteur lurking in your writing dream, wearing a mask of perfect acceptability. This killer is seductive, because at a glance he fits right in with your other writing guests, commiserating and kibitzing about the “nature of story” in a way that seems so… normal […]
Empowering the CORE of Your Story
Introducing a new level of affordable Story Coaching… and why you should take a look. You don’t have to spend a couple grand to get your story professionally evaluated and coached. There’s another way to get there, and it’s every bit as thorough and effective at the story level as a full manuscript review… for […]
Case Study: When Your Premise is as Vague as a Campaign Promise
When you think about it, the story concepts and premises we pitch – and just as often, the story concepts and premises we write from – are nothing other than promises. We pitch a story concept and an ensuing premise to an agent with hope that they’ll want to read more. By implication, by virtue […]
Toxic Untruths Being Fed to Aspiring Writers Today … And How It Can Kill Your Writing Dream
Something new here at Storyfix.com – Announcing the launch of … …The Storyfix eBo0kstore. A bigger post on this is forthcoming, but I wanted to get this into motion sooner than later. At the launch I’ll have about six SHORT tutorial ebooks available, from 99 cents to a whopping $2.99. Some of these are […]
The Randy Ingermanson Interview
The Co-Author of Writing Fiction For Dummies Waxes Wise on Craft, Process and Survival in a Changing Marketplace Odds are you’re aware of Randy Ingermanson’s body of work. His #1 bestselling book. One of the most successful writing e-Zines… ever. The Snowflake Method. His Advanced Fiction Writing Website. An annual slate of powerful writing workshops. […]