by Heidi Main, @HeidiMain Having a hard time writing your first few chapters? Gather your internal and external GMC’s and you’ll be set! I recently plotted a book with the …
Why the past matters.
My men were in charge of the remote this weekend. (Which meant I got a lot of reading done!) But, I did wander down to our home theater to take …
The Character Name Game
by Rachel D. Russell, @RDRussellWrites The further into a book’s first draft, the more you’ll see placeholders like WHOBODY, MRS.STOREOWNER, or HEROSDADNAME. You know, super fancy placeholders when I don’t have time …
Introducing Rios: 18 Seconds to Unforgettable
by Angela Arndt, @aearndt Inspiration from a Screenplay I have chronic pain and there are some days that I’m unable to do much more than watch television <gasp!> Still, we can learn …
Mining Your Character’s Physical Features
by DiAnn Mills, @diannmills Writers of all genres explore techniques to reveal their character’s inner traits. Observing the character’s behavior in action and dialogue shows the reader behavior patterns without telling. …