Hello and welcome back. So, what does your character do for a living? This can be central to the story like my main character Melissa in No Remorse No Regret. Along with the police detectives. But with the villain, Colton Harris, he’s […]
Hey everybody, welcome back. Yesterday I did an interview for Speak Up Talk Radio. It’s now live on their Guest Interview and Author Series available here. They’ve also submitted it to iTunes. But You can also listen to it here on my […]
So what story formula do you use to create your stories? This may seem problematic to people who don’t want their stories to be formulaic, but there’s a reason that a lot of them have stood the test of time. And […]
Hello and welcome back. Today I would like to share an article that gives five tips on crafting convincing dialogue. It is available at the Writing Cooperative website here. Some of the tips include the fact that we aren’t talking heads. Have […]
Hello and welcome back. Today I am going to do a character exercise to teach you a way to flesh out the characters in your story. This is important because you want to have characters that will sound different from each other. […]
Hello and welcome back. Do you ever have those days when you’re feeling like the guy in the picture, pushing against an immovable object? If you tell me no, you’re either lying or you just haven’t had one yet. Trust me, one […]
Hello and welcome back. We all have memories of what happened in our formative years. These can be used for our stories. Even if the memories are painful such as being the victim of childhood bullying, the death of a loved one, […]
Hello and welcome back. Today I would like to talk about building your momentum. Sometimes we might get stuck in writing a scene or dialogue or anything at all when we’re crafting our story. The way to smash through, jump over or […]
Hello and welcome back. Today I would like to share an article from The Daily Telegraph available here. In it the author of the book describes how when she writes fiction she writes “to and from myself.” In many ways I would […]
It’s mainly a joke. Although a lot of writers can probably relate. Many of our stories can take on a darker theme, or at least parts of them do. For many of my stories I’ve had to research how weapons work, what […]