Inspiration

The Business of Writing

Hello and welcome back. Today I am sharing an article from The Writer’s Fun Zone about learning the business side of selling your art. The article is here. Basically it’s about how you need to do a query letter or an elevator […]

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Ebook Writing Ploys

Hello and welcome back. Sorry it’s been awhile since I posted here. Too long actually. Today I will talk about writing ploys and how to avoid them. For the purposes of this article I will use this definition from  www.freedictionary.com which says:  An […]

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Character On Vacation

Hello and welcome back. I got an email today regarding a writing prompt about taking your character on vacation. It was from The Write Practice. So I thought I’d take Melissa on vacation. This will likely end up in the book Message […]

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Creating Characters Strategies

Hello and welcome back. Today I am going to talk about some strategies for creating characters. Each character will need an opposing force. Your protagonist and your antagonist. Remember that each character is the hero of his/her own story. So don’t make […]

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Creating Scenes Twists

Hello and welcome back. Today I will talk about creating scenes twists. One way to create a scene is to remember one of Kurt Vonnegut’s rules, “Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.” However I […]

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