Resources, Motivation and a Preview – Three New Tools for Your Writing Quiver
Here are three quick ideas to get your writing blood flowing: The 2020 “Book in a Year Planner“ … from Jason Brick. Jason is a writing savant, an endless source of energy and ideas, someone who applies his elevated martial arts training and writing expertise toward a life of helping other writers reach their goals. […]
“Great Stories Don’t Write Themselves”… now available for Kindle (Amazon.com), Nook (bn.com) and other online bookstores.
There was a three week gap between release of the paperback and the ebook edition. Several of you have asked to be notified when the latter goes live… this is me doing that. Below is the summary shown on the Amazon.com page. I think they did a good job of capturing the essence and intention of […]
New Writing Book… Now in Bookstores!
Not that you’ll see it in the window at Barnes & Noble and other stores, or on the New Releases table just inside the door. Non-fiction reference books just don’t get that kind of positioning, unless your name is Stephen King. But you should find it in the Reference section. If you don’t, ask the bookseller […]
A Full Online Video Writing Workshop… right here, right now.
I’m on the cusp of leaving for Pasadena, where I’ll be presenting three sessions (including an all-day Master Class) at the Writers Digest Novel Writing Conference. This is my sixth straight year there, and it’s always a first class event hosted by a first class organization. I’ve been banging out Powerpoint decks for the last […]
Attend my pre-event Master Class at the upcoming Writers Digest Novel Writing Conference
The 2019 annual Writers Digest Novel Writing Workshop will be held OCTOBER 24-27, 2019, at the Pasadena (CA) Westin Hotel. (Apologies: this post went out with the incorrect month shown; the correct dates are October 24-27, 2019. Several other dates shown here have been corrected.) I will be teaching an all-day interactive craft workshop on Thursday, […]
Truth and Lies Within the Collective Writing Conversation
(NOTE: I just learned the pub date for my new writing book has been pushed to November 12. As you may know, Writers Digest Books has been acquired by Penguin Random House, and the delay is explained by the complex logistics of that changeover.) Today’s post is an excerpt of an early draft of my […]
Must-Watch Video Interview with the Two Guys Who Wrote Avengers: “Infinity War” and “Endgame”
Every story development principle, and every dimension of the structural paradigm we talk about here on Storyfix–as it applies to novelists–is echoed, verified and presented within a real world context from the biggest stage of screenwriting there is. These guys struggle with the same things we do. Except they aren’t handicapped within that struggle by […]
Five Ways the so-called “Conventional Wisdom” within the Writing Conversation Can Take You Down
If you set out to write the perfect writing book, with content that has never been seen or assembled quite this way before, that changes the game and finally delivers what hungry writers yearn to discover but can’t seem to land on… … what might that look like? (The following is a bit of a […]
When Knowledge is Misinterpreted as “Formula”
It happens all the time, often from the mouths of otherwise credible sources. There is irony to it, as well, since the quickly dashed label of “formula” becomes, by definition, formulaic in its own right. It is too often the default go-to from someone who doesn’t understand the principles involved. The following is a short excerpt […]
How to Effectively “Tell” Emotions in Fiction
A guest post by C.S. Lakin (C.S. Lakin is an A-list story coach, writing blogger and an award-winning novelist. Her name is synonymous with deep craft, which is exactly what she delivers here.) Many amateur writers ineffectively tell or name what a character’s emotions are. That’s often because they haven’t learned masterful ways […]