It’s been about a week since my last post on this. Things have been hectic around the Miller house, but we’re back in action and getting ready to roll 5. Finding Your Next Characters Start 1:08 pm End 1:10 pm Total Time: 2 minutes After you’ve completed steps 1-4, it’s time to comb through what […]
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Gigi Griffis: My Winding Path to Full-Time Non-Fiction
When I was seven years old, I knew I wanted to be a writer. I spent my time—that year and many times over in the following years—telling stories. I co-wrote books with a childhood best friend about a cat who had nine lives and a girl who got bullied.
Preparing for NanoWrimo 2014
It’s that time of year again, when Nanowrimo is just 16 days away and it’s time to begin preparing for that month long marathon of crafting the worst prose ever conceived one day at a time for 30 days until I reach 50,000 words. It’s like Christmas for writers, and those who have participated in […]
Heather Kennison: What It Takes to Write a Book
Starting a book is easy. You’re inspired by your idea and you fall in love with your characters – I know I did, and I’m sure that’s how many of my classmates felt several years ago. But looking back, I’ve come to find that almost anyone can start a book; only a few select will […]
Story Telling 101, Part 2
In Story Telling 101, I showed you how to build the basic story outline from the original fairy tale. Now it’s time to tweak things just a little to add your own flare to the story. I’m going to begin adjusting this story line starting with Act II Scene 2. Instead of having the huntsman […]
Story Telling 101, Part I
Most new writers think they have to craft a completely unique story from scratch, but that actually isn’t the case at all. A lot of really good stories are based on a retelling of stories that already exist. If you watch the movie Hoodwinked, it’s a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. In fact, that’s […]
Valuing Your Non-Fiction Book
A good rule of thumb on pricing is that readers should expect to receive 200 times the value of the money they have spent. This article will show you some of the measuring sticks you can use to calculate the value your book provides so that you can have a better idea of what price […]
5 Reasons to Write Non-Fiction
When most people think of writing, they think of writing a fiction book. Fiction is the rock star of the writing world, and it does get the lion’s share of attention. However, non-fiction books are the bedrock of the writing world. If you’ve been thinking about writing a book, here are 5 reasons to write […]
Whose Story Is This Anyway?
I love being a writer. It’s about as close as a human being can get to understanding what it must be like to be God. You create this beautiful world and these amazing characters with a purpose and a plan in mind. Then you introduce your characters into that world and you say to them, […]
8 Simple Cures for Writer’s Block
It happens to every writer. Your creativity slows down, you find yourself at a standstill in your work, and you aren’t making any progress. Everything you try to write either comes out wrong or you can’t think of anything to write at all. We’ve all been there. The good news is that writer’s block doesn’t […]