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World Building: Theme & Image Systems (Part 2)
So how do you create an image system in your books? There are several exercises I’ve developed that I’ve always done in my writing workshops, and detail…
Mar 26
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Two new options for private feedback and chat
I’m going to try two new options for paid subscribers and workshop students to post and get feedback on their books or scripts in a private setting.
Mar 20
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Introduce yourself and your book!
In the next few weeks I’ll be moving key posts over from the Circle message board to this private paid subscriber section, and encouraging you to post…
Mar 20
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What is THEME?
Theme is what your story is about. On a deeper level than the plot details. The big meaning. Usually a moral meaning. But I think it’s much more useful…
Mar 17
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How to break your book
"Breaking a story" is what TV writers call their process of plotting. It’s a fantastically valuable term and concept for novelists to understand and…
Mar 10
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February 2024
Leap Year, One Day: The MAGICAL DAY story
I didn’t do a post for Valentine’s Day (book deadline!) but here’s one for you romance writers, for Leap Day! And this is not just for romance writers…
Feb 29
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Leap Year, One Day: The MAGICAL DAY story
The Magical Day, or Magical Holiday trope is one of the most popular story patterns of all time—and not just for romance! It plays with the idea that…
Feb 29
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Take an art bath!
If you’re feeling winter blues, blahs, or burnout, I have the cure. Take an art bath! A completely immersive experience in someone else’s stunning…
Feb 25
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Plants and Payoffs
Plants and Payoffs are a storytelling trick that filmmakers are particularly aware of and deft at. I very strongly encourage you novelists to start…
Feb 18
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Plants and Payoffs
Plants and Payoffs are a storytelling trick that filmmakers are particularly aware of and deft at. I very strongly encourage you novelists to start…
Feb 18
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Writing Act & Sequence Climaxes
There are essential STORY ELEMENTS, universal scenes, that we tend to see over and over as Sequence and Act Climaxes because they are so big and…
Feb 11
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"It's Groundhog Day. Again."
Punxsutawney Phil’s VERY welcome prediction of an early spring and the crazy doings of the weather gods in California of course remind me of one of the…
Feb 5
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