My PB Writing Persona
Yesterday I wrote about Candy Fleming’s idea that we should sharpen our writing persona. I said I was going to go through my stories to see what elements I repeat.…
Brainstorming Childhood Memories
Lauren Kerstein suggested brainstorming using your childhood memories. Like she did in her post for StoryStorm, I am just going to list some of my childhood memories. Finding brand new shoes…
Brainstorming
I joined StoryStorm to get more good ideas. The month is almost over and I’ve done well with StoryStorm. Brainstorming: But if you didn’t join, that doesn’t mean you can’t…
StoryStorm Ideas
The Blog: I have not kept up with the blog, even though I know good and well there is awesome stuff in there. My Ideas: I have, however, kept up…
When You Get Stuck
My son, who studied actuarial science and graduated with a degree in mathematics, is a full-time online author. In the last two years he has written over 3 million words.…
Happy New Year!
I am halfway through my year of writing children’s books. That’s what I got in May of 2019, one year. And I had some incredible goals. One was to write…
Writing a Hook
Writing a hook: Has to be short (max of 50 words). Should be one sentence. Introduce the main character. State theme and core plot conflict. Add context. So how do…
10 Rules for Writing
The Guardian in the UK has a post, “10 Rules for Writing Fiction.” In it they asked authors for their 10 rules, so the compilation is over 1o0. I limited…