An Interview… With Content About the Writing Journey
My friend Debbie Burke, a leading voice within the thriving Montana writing community and a columnist for The Kill Zone blog (as I was for a couple of recent years), has posted an interview with me about my new book, “Great Stories Don’t Tell Themselves,” which releases October 8 from Writer’s Digest Books.* Debbie and […]
Double What You Know About Storytelling with 5.5-hours of Intense Mentoring — An 11th-hour Workshop Opportunity
Portland and Northwest Writers (and writers who like a road trip) take note. This will be unlike any writing workshop you’ve ever attended. Next week I’ll be teaching at the 50th Annual Willamette Writers Conference, held at the airport Sheraton in Portland (August 1-4). This will be my tenth appearance at that conference over […]
The Secret Weapon of Successful Novelists… is Also the Most Obvious
by Larry Brooks Life and art are funny this way. Sometimes the most powerful truths are right there in front of us all along. And yet, when we encounter them along the path, we step right over that stone instead of peeking beneath to harvest its value. Comedic genius Steve Martin (if that’s a new […]
An Interview With Bestselling Author Robert Dugoni
Just possibly the hottest author in the business right now. If you think that’s hyperbole, consider this: shortly after his new novel — The Eighth Sister — launched in early April, Amazon updated their Author Ranking list, and he was just that: he was in the #1 slot. The second most popular author that week was some […]
FLASH SALE: Deep discounts on Story Analysis Services
I know, things have been quiet here lately. Some of you have checked in, some of you have checked out altogether. But there’s a reason, if not an excuse: I’ve been busy finishing the editing phase of my new writing book — “Great Stories Don’t Write Themselves” — working with the fine editorial staff at […]
Download available : Unlock the Power of Criteria-Driven Story Development
… presented by Larry Brooks as a live-narration, Power Point visualized lecture, with a run-time of one hour and twenty minutes. This virtual workshop from Writers Digest University was part of WD’s recent Mystery and Thriller Virtual Conference. The download is available HERE for $79.99 SESSION DESCRIPTION This workshop is about elevating the efficacy of your writing […]
Training Videos for Craft-Hungry Writers… Prices SLASHED for June
June 30, 2018 by Larry Brooks I mean slashed… as in, demolished. Last year I released five training videos, which I distribute through Vimeo.com. Since I’m in the process of creating the next wave of videos, I thought I’d stir things up for these existing titles by discounting them, and in a big way. Like, pricing […]
47 Meters Down – a Story Deconstruction
June 13, 2018 A guest post by Jennifer Blanchard Note: This movie is currently available on Netflix Spoiler Alert: The following deconstruction is going to give you a complete overview of everything that happens in this story, and break down all the structure. I recommend you read through this in its entirety and then go […]
Story Coaching Services
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Context for your Writing Apprenticeship
(I am posting this here in the main thread – it already existed as a back-end page – at the suggestion of a reader. It was offered via link in my last post, which was an important one for newer writers especially – and frustrated ones in particular – as literally a prologue to the […]