Writing Assignment- Bringing out fear as vehicle for plot.
ConsumedMy newest novel embroils me. The characters are as real to me as my children. I worry about them, want to make sure they are happy and moving forward. Then I…
Writing Exercise- Each story is a healing
Each story is a healing. A reminder of things softened by time and your use of language. Or things inflated, made incendiary by the memory. It is yours to tell, but the reader is…
Weekly Writing Exercise – I’m in Love
ConsumedHey all- I am back. Novel is nearly done (and I can't tell you how much fun it is to write a steamy book!). I am on my second draft…
Writing Exercise: The Family Story, Your Silver Treasures
So you want to write your family story? You want it down for prosperity that Uncle Clem likes to pinch cheeks and Grandma sipped Yukon Jack every night? Alright then,…
Writing Exercise: How To Start Your Script and Great News for Screenwriters
Many new writers sabotage themselves by believing that they will never succeed because they don’t meet “the profile” of what is a successful screenwriter. They also believe they do not…
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Writing Exercise: I am NOT afraid!
Many new writers use the justification that they can’t write their stories for fear what their family/friends/colleges might think of the work. They are worried what will Mom, son, auntie…
Writing Exercise: Your Writing Space
We interrupt this writing career to make my husband an egg sandwich, to find my Grandson’s pillow pet, to save a suicidal chicken, to clean up the dogs puke from…
Writing Exercise: Do It Before Your Story is Over
I love the show Dead Like Me (find it on Netflix) that is about a band of Grim Reapers who meet every day at a Waffle House to acquire their…
Writing Exercise: First Person vs. Third Person (and a story about a man hose).
First a grammar tutorial, then a funny story. Skip to the end story if you think you are a Grammar Nazi.Most new writers are memoirists. One of the main reason that someone…