Screenwriting Tricks for Authors
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The Writer's Journey: The DescentIn Greek mythology, the Hero’s journey into the Underworld is called katabasis. It is the eternal story, the cosmic blueprint for every book and script we write, every film we make: The protagonist journeys into the Underworld and after many trials and adventures, seizes and…
Trick yourself into writingHow 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…
Brainstorm Your Story With Index CardsNanowrimo—National Novel Writing Month—is coming up faster than we all think! I’m going to be doing some prep posts, starting now and through Preptober. I’m also going to start adding videos to some posts, like I use in my online workshop, to see if that works better for some of…
