It’s official–Chelsea Cain is going to our Keynote Speaker at Summer in Words 2012 . Dates are June 15-17 Cannon Beach, Oregon Stay tuned for more updates.
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Questions to ask yourself before you plot
What is your story’s main problem or conflict? What’s going to be the most dramatic event/moment in your protagonist’s arc? Have you staged it in act 2 or 3? Are other characters in the story going to have a character arc? How many subplots are in the story? All necessary? How many will be tied […]
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Registrations are still being accepted for the Making It in Tough & Changing Times Conference on January 28th through the 27th. Contact me. Seriously helpful information to improve your craft and propel your career.
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Making It in Tough & Changing Times A Mini Writing Conference January 28th, Portland, Oregon At last, a practical one-day conference filled with just the information that you need to propel your writing career to the next level and muscle your way to publication. We’ll cover everything from creating potent sentences and writing irresistible query […]
Read the rest of this entry »The beauty of it all
From Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles “This fertile and sheltered tract of country, in which the fields are never brown and the springs never dry, is bounded on the south by the bold chalk ridge that embraces the prominences of Hambledon Hill, Bulbarrow, Nettlecombe-Tout, Dogbury, High Stoy, and Bubb Down. The traveller from the coast, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Baby Steps
Baby Steps = Big Changes Ever since I started teaching and working with writers I’ve advocated the wisdom of baby steps. This means you don’t need to quit your job, dump your lifestyle, or get divorced in order to be a writer. Well, in my case, getting divorced was a big help in becoming a […]
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