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MONDAY LINKS ~ Reads on Writing, Self-Publishing, and Better Living: Stay Loyal To Your Journey

in Reads on Writing & Self-Publishing on 10/08/15

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Staying loyal to your journey means you never abandon yourself by compromising your integrity or discounting your intuition or the signals that come from your body—the knot in the gut, emotional detachment, or loss of energy that signals something is amiss.

~CHARLOTTE KASL, author of If the Buddha Dated: A Handbook for Finding Love on a Spiritual Path

WRITING

  • Plotting a novel series? Plan your world and characters, Now Novel | Tweet

Plotting a novel series involves planning longer character and story arcs and creating a fictional world that will sustain multiple books. Your readers should want to keep reading about your world and your characters across multiple books and, ideally, many years. Here are some ways you can encourage this response in your writing.

The Plot Skeleton (Writing Lessons from the Front Book 1)

 

  • How to craft a page-turning plot, Writer Unboxed | Tweet

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a hard core plotter. I have outlines and spreadsheets. I cover tabletops with color-coded Post It notes with possible scenes. I have a system, and I work it religiously. Over the past decade, I’ve helped hundreds of authors get from a chaotic swirl of ideas to a coherent set of plot points.

Mastering the Craft of Writing: How to Write With Clarity, Emphasis, and Style

 

  • How to find inspiration to write?, My Bookish Life | Tweet

Jack London once said: “You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” While this advice may be extraordinarily helpful for some people, this post goes out to the pacifists among you, who – for whatever reason – are not in the possession of a club.

A Year of Writing Dangerously: 365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement

 

  • Can we hear your writing’s voice?, Pat Verducci | Tweet

If you’re writing a memoir, are  you telling your life story as if you were describing the events to a friend, over coffee? If you’re writing a novel, do we get the voice of your main character, loud and clear? 

Writing the Mind Alive: The Proprioceptive Method for Finding Your Authentic Voice


SCREENWRITING

  • 10 Screenwriting myths debunked, Raidance | Tweet

Whether you have already written and even sold a number of screenplays, or you are embarking on your first screenwriting adventure, be wary of the bounty of screenwriting advice available from well-meaning “experts.”

Screenwriting And Other Myths

 

  • Movie Analysis: ‘Trainwreck’-Takeaways, Go Into The Story | Tweet

To be a good screenwriter, you need to have a broad exposure to the world of film. Every movie you see is a potential reference point for your writing, everything from story concepts you generate to characters you develop to scenes you construct.

Trainwreck


SELF-PUBLISHING

  • Amazon Book Reviews-Problems and Solutions, Just Publishing | Tweet

If you are a new self published author, you may not know that about two years ago, Amazon went a little ‘thermo-nuclear’ on book reviews. Why?

2015 Guide to Self-Publishing, Revised Edition: The Most Comprehensive Guide to Self-Publishing

 

  • The problem with Kindle Scout (and the solution), The Book Designer | Tweet

Kindle Scout is a reader-powered publishing company by Amazon Kindle. Finally! Readers have a say in what gets published. If the author’s book is chosen for publication, he receives $1,500 upfront and 50% in e-book royalties.


MOTIVATION

  • I didn’t do anything, Seth’s Blog | Tweet

That’s the first and best defense every toddler learns. If you don’t do anything, you don’t get in trouble.
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us


COMMUNICATIONS

  • Why Aren’t Independent Women The Most Likeable Type?, Lifehack | Tweet

Being independent can be a source of strength for many women. It signifies power and stability. It also means they are secure and brave. And who can deny the relevance of independent women in our society and how immense their contributions can be to our society.

Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery


PSYCHOLOGY

  • The fallacy of unconditional love, Psychology Today | Tweet

Why Selfless Loving Doesn’t Work and What Really Does.
If the Buddha Dated: A Handbook for Finding Love on a Spiritual Path


SCIENCE

  • Can we reverse the ageing process by putting young blood into older people?, The Guardian | Tweet

A series of experiments has produced incredible results by giving young blood to old mice. Now the findings are being tested on humans. Ian Sample meets the scientists whose research could transform our lives.
The Grace in Aging: Awaken as You Grow Older


PHILOSOPHY

  • Life without boredom would be a nightmare, Aeon  | Tweet

Just like pain, boredom is an aversive and unpleasant experience that we need to have in order to truly live well.

A Philosophy of Boredom

 

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