WRITING
- Scene Structure: Scene Beginnings, Live Write Thrive | Tweet
There it is—the basic structure. If you think about each scene as a mini novel, you can plan them out accordingly. Each scene, like a novel, needs a beginning, middle, and end.
How to craft a great logline for your book or screenplay, Pat Verducci | Tweet
Ever been faced with a friend who says, “What are you working on?” and suddenly, you’re completely tongue tied? You realize you have no idea how to describe your project?
- The 14 Stages of writing a novel, The Author’s Nook | Tweet
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- 10 Things about rough drafts I learned from my first novel, The Write Practice | Tweet
There’s no feeling quite like the moment you realized you’ve completely finished the rough draft of a work in progress. A mix of pride and accomplishment and utter dread at how bad it might be.
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- Most writing mistakes Pt 48: No conflict between characters, Helping Writers Become Authors | Tweet
Conflict isn’t nice, but it’s inevitably interesting. And yet writers sometimes create scenes in which there is no interpersonal conflict between their characters. 
This is the third step in my dialogue series, How To Write Fabulous Dialogue In 5 Easy Steps.
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- Emotional Wounds Thesaurus Entry: Spending Time in jail, Writers Helping Writers | Tweet
Emotional Wounds Thesaurus Entry: Spending Time in jail, W
hen you’re writing a character, it’s important to know why she is the way she is. Knowing her backstory is important to achieving this end, and one of the most impactful pieces of a character’s backstory is her emotional wound.
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- Using a scene template to craft perfect scenes, Live Write Thrive | Tweet
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ining your novel, scene by scene, is like crossing a bridge. On one side you have all your scene ideas in a jumble. On the other side is your complete novel that tells a beautiful, tight story.
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SCREENWRITING
- Explore your characters through dramatic contrast, Go Into The Story | Tweet
In screenwriting and TV writing, conflict is always being brought up as an essential. It helps to look at scenes and ask where and what the conflict in the scene might be.
- Should I write a science fiction script on spec or not?, Go Into The Story | Tweet
- ‘Adaption’ The rythm of rewriting, Script Mag | Tweet
Rewriting does not stop. There is always something that can be changed. There is always something that can be added. But what we’re really doing with rewriting is we’re trying to “whittle it down,” just like Charlie Kaufman’s character does in Adaptation.
- Conversations with screenwriting agents, Script Mag | Tweet
The goal is to instruct, and hopefully advance, your own journey by not making the same damn mistakes I have in my own convoluted journey to leave some sort of artistic legacy behind.
Trade dress, Script Mag | Tweet
The headline of this column may have some thinking Paris runways and dour faced, statuesque models traipsing in haute couture. Alas, trade dress isn’t quite as alluring, but, can be nearly as fascinating a study.
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SELF-PUBLISHING
- 5 Steps to creating a great audiobook, Jane Friedman | Tweet
Setting yourself up for success with audio will rely heavily on you, which is scary, I know. Don’t worry—we’ll get through this. If you can get your ducks lined up properly now, you’ll find it flows later on.
Why using Kickstarter to crowdsource your book is a bad idea?, CreativIndie | Tweet
I used Kickstarter on my first non-fiction book. I very barely succeeded raising less than $1000. Here is how it works: you basically promise a copy of the book and any extras.
- Why did Amazon delete my book reviews?, Just Publishing | Tweet
Because there was a problem with how you got your reviews.
The importance of keywords to ranking your book on Amazon, The Book Designer | Tweet
Ranking books on Amazon is a bit of a mystery to some of us. Today, Dave Chesson explains how to get your book to rank higher. I think you’ll find this interesting and helpful.
Twitter…for research?, Writers Helping Writers | Tweet
A long time ago, I wrote a children’s manuscript called Peculiar Plants. It was all about weird little shrubberies that did things that other plants don’t do.
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