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As you’ve probably noticed, I haven’t been keeping to my regular, one post a week schedule for this newsletter. I wasn’t going to get personal about why, but recent events have changed my mind on that. So here it is.
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There are times, and this one is as big as that abyss that opened up in 2016, that I have no words. Or more probably, I’m afraid to speak because if I did, the rage would just never stop coming. I’m grateful that when I can’t find the words to express my own overpowering emotion…
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How do you keep writing, no matter what’s happening in your life? You have to trick yourself into writing. Last post I asked what you needed from this newsletter. I got a lot of requests for two things: 1. Strategies for writing even when life and the world is crumbling around…
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I’m revising my own Act I, and I’m feeling like continuing with the refresher I started last week on the crucial Story Elements that are part of the DNA of any story.
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- Do you know your Protagonist's PLAN?
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Sequence One Essential Story Elements
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Encanto is a great watch to learn Essential Story Elements - 15 minutes at a time.
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Key Story Element: Protagonist's DESIRE
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Case study: SLOW HORSES. Very, very often, the first person to say yes to a book and pass it up the line for studio consideration is the reader, or…
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I’ve never read Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. But I understand the metaphor of the Slough of Despond. We’ve all been there, right? We’ve been there…
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Nanowrimo Now What?
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Top Ten Things I Know About Editing
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Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

Write your best book or script - using storytelling tricks from your favorite movies!

Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

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