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Writer’s Roadmap – Using Excel Keep Your Novel Organized
By Laura Drake We’ve talked about it in other posts. How learning your writing process is finding your way in a pitch black room, full of furniture. You can learn by barking your shins, but there are less painful ways. … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Miscellaneous
Tagged Excel for writers, Laura Drake, novel writing, organizing, Road Song, writing
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Slicing the Salami ~ When Is It DONE?
Writers in the Storm welcomes James R. Preston, mystery writer, for our Friday the 13th blog. Could be scary stuff, but personally, I think James is part comedy writer, and we couldn’t be luckier to have his help with a … Continue reading
Unusual Inspiration: Character Arcs Made Easy
by Fae Rowen I am a plot-driven writer. The plot arrives first in my head, then I look for people who will survive and grow in that world. My #1 concern? My characters MUST connect with my readers. To have … Continue reading
A Few of Our Current Favorite Links
It’s been quite awhile since we’ve shared what we’re following here at Writers in the Storm, so we decided to give you the pre-summer list of places we’ve been hanging out lately. Maybe we’ll see you at one of them! … Continue reading
Writers, Act Now!
Welcome to Last Fridays with Naked Editor Tiffany Lawson Inman on Writers In The Storm! Right now my physical self is driving up a Colorado mountain to Margie Lawson’s 5-day Immersion Master Class to be her co-instructor doing some … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Guests, Craft, Miscellaneous, Tiffany Lawson Inman
Tagged acting, acting class, Character development, characterization, choreography, editing, Emotion, Golden Heart, Margie Lawson, Margie Lawson's Writer's Academy, Medthod Acting, Method acting, Method Blocks, Naked Editor, novel writing, Oscar, RITA, writing
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Naming Names
By Laura Drake In the spirit of full disclosure, the seed for this blog was something I read over on Writer Unboxed about quirky character names. It got me thinking. I don’t know about you, but character names are as … Continue reading
6 Key Writing Lessons I’ve Learned From Horses: The Key of Knowledge
By D. A. WATT This is the second installment of a three part series. The first post focused on attitude. “Prior and proper preparation makes for peak performance. Like creating a novel that takes readers somewhere, amazing.” There are only three … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Inspiration
Tagged A Story is a Promise, attitude, Beth Hill, Bill Johnson, Craft, D.A. Watt, Dwight Swain, horse, Imagination, James Scott Bell, Kathryn Stockett, Knowledge, learn in layers, Lessons I learned from horses, novel writing, Randy Ingermanson, Story, Susan Ramer, Techniques, Techniques of the Selling Writer, The Geyser 5-Step Approach to Revision, The Help, time, Tools, Vicki Hinze, Writers in the Storm, writing, Writing Craft, You is good, you is important, you is smart
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4 Steps For Organizing Plot Ideas Into a Novel
by Jody Hedlund We have a treat for you today. Thanks to Jenny Hansen at her More Cowbell blog, the amazing Jody Hedlund is stopping off here at Writers in the Storm during her blog tour for her new book, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Guests, Craft
Tagged chapte-by-chapter outline, Character Worksheet, D.A. Watt, Fae Rowen, final climax, goal of the scene, inciting incident, internal conflicts, Jenny Hansen, Jody Hedlund, Laura Drake, middle crisis, More Cowbell, novel writing, plan scenes, Planning your novel, Read-On Prompt, relationship conflicts, Set Pieces, The Doctor's Lady, The Preacher's Bride, three-strand conflict, Writers in the Storm, Writing Craft
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One Approach to Genre Fiction, or “This Way to ‘The End’”
We’re happy to introduce you to James Preston, author of the award-winning Surf City Mysteries series. James’ wife, Nancy, encouraged Fae Rowen to write her first book. James encouraged Fae to go to the San Diego Writers Conference to learn … Continue reading
New & Improved Writer’s Toolbox
from Laura Drake’s files… You have found Laura’s treasure map to her favorite, most useful, fun online locations for references, writer’s resources, and just plain fun. Warning: This blog could be hazardous to your time schedule. You’re going to want … Continue reading
Posted in Craft
Tagged Laura Drake, Links for Writers, novel writing, Research, Research Links, Writer's Toolbox, Writers in the Storm, writing, Writing Craft
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