Art Holcomb on Rewriting Your Novel or Screenplay
The 6 Most Common Problems in a Rewrite By Art Holcomb Okay, so . . . You’ve just finished your first draft – or maybe your 10th draft – of your work-in-progress and you suddenly realize that there’s a problem you haven’t considered. You’ve become so intimate with the characters and their actions that you […]
Wisdom, Wit and War Stories from An “A-List” NY Times Bestselling Novelist
An Interview with Robert Dugoni, author of “My Sister’s Grave.” If you’ve haven’t heard of My Sister’s Grave, you haven’t been paying attention to the fiction world in a while. The book was a recent top-1o New York Times Bestseller, currently the #1 legal thriller on Amazon, has (as of this writing) 6,437 reviews on […]
Interview With a Breakout Romance Novelist
Heather Burch talks process, craft, her amazing ride as One Lavender Ribbon continues its global explosion, and what’s next. For her, and for all of us who write. One Lavender Ribbon, by Heather Burch, as of this writing has 4,285 Amazon reader reviews, the vast majority bearing four or five stars. That alone is worthy […]
How Are You Going To Succeed As a Writer?
A Guest Post by Cathy Yardley If you’ve read Larry’s books on story (and if you’re here, I’m assuming you have) then you know he presents the six core competencies of successful writing, and the six essences, the “physics”, behind successful story telling. Many people believe that before starting a new work one must check […]
There’s Power in the Public Domain — A Guest Post by Art Holcomb
Stuck for an idea to develop? As a writer, I’m constantly looking for new approaches and new ideas to write about. I’m guessing you do the same. In recent years, there have been a number of books that have been written about characters developed by writers in the past – such as Sherlock Holmes, Dr. […]
The Value of “Pantsing”
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A “Story Engineering” Success Story: One Writer’s Journey Into Craft
An Interview with James Williams A guest post by Jennifer Blanchard I’ve been writing fiction since I was a kid. Now, I’m a writing coach by day and a writer by night (and sometimes also a writer by day and a writing coach by night). But I never had anyone else in my family with […]
Turning Novels into Screenplays – Part 2
Part 2 (of 2) of a Guest Post by Art Holcomb Click HERE to review Part 1… then hurry back here for the pay-off. ***** Welcome back! We’re talking today about adapting novels into screenplays. Last time, we talked about the basics of the art of adaptation that I use with my students and professional […]
Turning Your Novel into a Screenplay, Part 1
A guest post by Art Holcomb Part 1 of 2. In June, I’m speaking at the Greater Los Angeles Writer’s Conference on how to adapt a novel into a screenplay and I’m really looking forward to it. A good part of my practice, both with students and professionals, comes from taking a story from one […]
So Much Social Media, So Little Time
A Guest Post from Mindy Halleck www.MindyHalleck.com I love social media and all its quirks. I even own a Youtube channel for which I get more and more YouTube views from the marketing heaven, as it’s the only company I have found till date who uses the legal form of marketing techniques to get more […]