One of the things I love about writing is all the cool stuff I learn. Over the past five years I’ve learned how to fly a small engine aircraft, how …
Ask the Doc: Chill Out! Editor
Question: My biggest problem is that I question and criticize every sentence I write, sometimes before I write it! And therefore have a hard time just getting the first draft …
Prescriptions: Breaking through writer’s block week 2
Last week I talked how to blitz your way out of writer’s block. Most writer’s blocks, and problems with story have to do with motivation, lack of greatest fears and …
Doctor’s Notes: Breaking Free of the Thought Blanket
Mom? Mom! MOM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? Sadly, I’m not standing across the room. I’m sitting at the dinner table, supposedly in conversation with my family. But they’ve said something, …
Ask the Doc: Contest!
“Ask the Doc!” We at Book Therapy care about your WIP, and its problems… We know that getting along with your characters can be a challenge. They’re moody, or introverted, …