Terre Britton of Creative Flux has been working with me since November on getting this excerpt from The Art & Craft of Story: 2nd Practitioner’s Manual posted on her blog. You’d think—being two grown businesswomen—we could manage it, but it turns out when you want something done just right, you… Read more“Going Beyond the Beyond: guest post on Creative Flux”
Tag: Art & Craft of Story
Rethinking Motivation for Character Arc: guest post on Writer Unboxed
You all know about Writer Unboxed, right? Where Therese Walsh and Kathleen Bolton unleash every day the awesome power of the writers’ mentoring community upon aspiring writers of the world? Where I was hosted last winter with 3 Layers of ‘Layering’ in Fiction, while Therese appeared here with her wonderful… Read more“Rethinking Motivation for Character Arc: guest post on Writer Unboxed”
Hook: guest post on the Book Designer
Joel Friedlander runs The Book Designer blog, where he teaches writers how to navigate the modern world of self-publishing through his decades of experience in the small publishers’ industry. He’s an expert on typefaces, cover design, social media, and self-marketing. He’s the author of The Self-Publisher’s Companion: Expert Advice for… Read more“Hook: guest post on the Book Designer”
Backstory: guest post for Erika Marks
Erika Marks is the author of the debut novel, Little Gale Gumbo, forthcoming from NAL/Penguin this coming Tuesday, October 4th. She’s always been hugely supportive of the chats Roz Morris and I hold here, to the extent that we feel as though she’s having a glass of wine with us…. Read more“Backstory: guest post for Erika Marks”
Searching for Entertainment-Industry Intelligence: guest post on Storyfix
Hey, everyone! Larry Brooks is hosting me today over on Storyfix with an excerpt from The Art & Craft of Story: 2nd Practitioner’s Manual, which is scheduled to be released tomorrow. Oh, boy! Do you know what SETI stands for? What the National Academy of Sciences’ Science & Entertainment Exchange… Read more“Searching for Entertainment-Industry Intelligence: guest post on Storyfix”
The Art & Craft of Story: 2nd Practitioner’s Manual
This is a special midweek post, not part of my regular blog series, to make a long overdue announcement—I’ve been working all summer on the sequel to The Art & Craft of Fiction: A Practitioner’s Manual. I call it The Art & Craft of Story: 2nd Practitioner’s Manual, and I… Read more“<em>The Art & Craft of Story: 2nd Practitioner’s Manual</em>”