by Lisa Jordan, @lisajordan Walking onto the page, your character has goals with stakes, and your job as the author is to prevent him/her from achieving those goals right away. …
NaNoWriMo Help: What to do when your brain is tangled…
It’s day 5. Is your brain tangled yet? If you’re not trying to write a book in a month, then disregard the above sentence. Because hopefully your brain IS NOT …
When you don’t know where to go next…
I’m writing a book set on Denali. It’s about a dramatic rescue from nineteen thousand feet. I’ve spent the past month very cold as I’ve read about everything from ice-climbing …
Why readers fall in love with your stories
Hope you’re writing week is off to a great start. Me…I’m in a show hole. You know, that darkness that you fall into when you finish a great show and …
Rainy Days and Mondays
It is 56 degrees in Minneapolis today. And raining. Here’s a glimpse of my gloomy backyard. But…all is well because I’m leaving in two days for sunny Destin, Florida, for …