Sarah Sundin, @sarahsundin Confession: ideas don’t come easily to me. When I chat with authors who have ideas coming faster than they could ever write them, I feel a twinge of …
Iconic Tales in Your Novel
by Peter Leavell, @PeterLeavell The sword in the stone. “As you wish.” Tilting at windmills. “Luke, I’m your father.” The wife in the attic. “It’s alive!” An arrow punctures his …
Circling Back
by Erica Vetsch, Erica Vetsch on Facebook This year has seen literally thousands of meetings and gatherings being held virtually, or online. Show of hands if you’ve attended a Zoom …
The Starting Point for your Character’s Inner Journey
I am up north at the writing cabin this week, getting ready for next week’s Deep Woods Writing Camp. It’s gorgeous here, quiet and last night I was able to …
The What and Why of Writing: Layer or Subplot
There are so many details that go into plotting our stories – one simple way to think of plotting is everything that happens to our hero and heroine: The Inciting Incident(s). The Ds (Disappointments) …