Let Me Fix Your Story… Before Someone Kills It
Fair warning, this is a pitch. If you have a story, regardless of its stage of development, and you’d like to see how it stacks up against the criteria and parameters of my Six Core Competencies development model – or if you’d simply like to know if the thing is working or not – […]
A Holiday Gift for Writers With a Dream
My wife and I have been brainstorming how to handle this Christmas Eve post. We’re thinking it should be something akin to a gift, though I hesitate to label anything smacking of counsel a gift. But this is different. This particular sparkling gem of a tip can be the difference between your writing intentions and […]
Dating: It’s Not Just for Breakfast Anymore
Internet dating and sex sites have gotten very mainstream as it fits consummately well into the bustling lives that we as a whole lead. In the event that you are single and prepared to blend, at that point these dating destinations are the most ideal approach to connect with different singles in your general vicinity. […]
Blockbuster Plots — A Guest Post by Martha Alderson
Storyfix is proud to welcome Martha Alderson, a big-time plotting guru and legendary workshop facilitator. Her book, Blockbuster Plots, is a must-read, and I’m happy to say, echos my own development model. It’s amazing how so many of us are saying the same things but in different and empowering ways — you can never get […]
Guest Posts, An Endorsement, A Major Announcement and a Little Kink… Not Necessarily in That Order
Happy Friday to all. I have two guest posts up today on other sites, and several guest articles from some killer writers lined up for Storyfix. Go to Cleavage and meet Kelly Diels, one of the most exciting young writers on the internet, who writes about life, money and sex. My guest post on her site today is […]
Guest Post by Mike Angley — part 4.1 of the “Get Published” Series
Storyfix is proud to present award-winning author Mike Angley, whose guest post today fits in nicely with our current theme on getting your bad self published. You are invited to visit his website here. Patience, Persistence, Perfection A Guest Post by Mike Angley These are the three “Ps” necessary to get to the “big […]
NaNoWriMo is over. Now what? Toss it, or floss it? And…
… a guest post by Martha Miller, the hardest working writer I know. But first, a few words from your host. This just in… Procrastinating Writers has just posted the “43 Most Inspiring Writing Advice Posts 0f 2009.” And guess what… 15 of them were from Storyfix.com. Huge thanks to Jennifer, I’m so very honored by […]
Guest Post: New York Times Bestselling Thriller Author Chelsea Cain
“What I Wish I Knew About Getting Published Before it Happened To Me.” by Chelsea Cain Author of the New York Times bestselling thrillers Heartsick, Sweetheart and Evil at Heart. Travel with a corkscrew. Otherwise you will end up having to buy one every time you want to take a bottle of wine back to […]
Guest Post: Writing Mentor and Character Champion Bill Johnson
Putting the Tense in Narrative Tension by Bill Johnson Narrative tension is the inner tension characters in a novel feel about unresolved and unfulfilled events and needs. When characters in a story are blocked from gaining what they want, they experience narrative tension. (Interesting to note, this is also the very essence of conflict in […]
Puzzles, Propositions, Pitches and Other Holiday Stuffing
Yesterday I challenged you to do the impossible. Oh, did I mention that the puzzle is, in fact, actually not solvable? And it looked so easy, too. Just like your killer idea may look like an easy winner at a glance. Well, I’m either a smug bastard or I had a reason for doing that. […]