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Birdman: How what you think depends on your outlook
No spoilers here. I’m talking about technique here. I’ve been going through some pretty intense personal stuff lately (really good, but distracting), so I decided to go see a movie, to reset my brain. I chose Birdman, in part because … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, movies, Sharon Joss, story concept, technique
Tagged Birdman, movie, review
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Thrill Ride: Nine Questions for Jump-Starting a Novel
Here another useful tool I use when I’m dancing around, trying to find my plot. I find that once I’m able to answer the following 9 questions, the story has pretty well coalesced and I’m ready to start outlining and/or … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, character development, developing plot, extraordinary, Getting Into Character, goals, hook, interesting characters, jump-start, making stuff up, novel, opening scene, Openings, plot threads, Sharon Joss, Starting a novel, story, story concept, structure
Tagged characterization, jump-start, plot threads, starting a novel, writing
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Counting the Days – Writing to a Schedule
Hard to believe the year is already half over. At the beginning of 2014, I committed myself to a production schedule for the first time. I made myself a 30-day, 60-day, and 360-day list of GOALS I felt I could … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, AURUM, butt in chair, deadline, editor, editors, feedback, good writing, Legacy Soul, market research, novel, Personal Rejection, rejection, revising, schedule, Sharon Joss, short story, speculative fiction, story concept, Thriller, write every day; writers write, writing business, writing quota
Tagged personal rejection, production, schedule, write, writing schedule, year in review
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What’s Your Concept?
In his fabulous book, Story Engineering, Larry Brooks talks about the critical difference between an idea and a concept in a story. If I may paraphrase, an idea is the spark of inspiration that comes from inside the writer’s head. For … Continue reading