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Category: Writing Tips
Sep 03 2014
How to Intensify Conflict & Deepen Characters—The Wound
Wounds drive how we perceive our world, what we believe we want, and how we will (or won’t) interact with others. This is critical for generating story tension and character arc.
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Aug 27 2014
How To Become a Lean, Mean, Writing MACHINE
When we’re new, it’s tough to filter out the world and “get into the zone” where words begin to flow. We might futz with the coffee machine, check e-mail, tidy the kitchen and do everything but write.
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Aug 22 2014
Professional Authors Need H.E.A.R.T.—What It Takes to Make It In The Digital Age of Publishing
Those in writing for the wrong reasons (make a quick buck) abound. Some succeed but they’re rare. Most of us do this writing thing because of LOVE. We love to write, to teach, to share, to tell stories. We are explorers who can venture into the human mind or into galaxies never before imagined. And no matter where we go, there is coffee. That’s a perk *bada bump snare.*
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Jul 24 2014
What Brazilian Jui-Jitsu Can Teach Us About Going Pro as AUTHORS
Some of you may know that (for stress relief) I practice Brazilian Jui-Jitsu. Being a teacher and a writer, I see lessons in everything. Strangely, our dojo is not known for BJJ. It’s mainly Shito Ryu Karate and those classes are always packed. There’s a plethora of black belts and they earned it. Many are …
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