A log-line is a lifeline that will allow you to pitch a novel (or series) in ONE—YES ONE—sentence. The log-line is going to save you time, energy, and sanity (save the crazy for the fiction).
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Oct 23 2015
In It to WIN It—Preparing for NANOWRIMO (National Novel Writing Month)
Anyway, whoever chose November as National Novel Writing Month was seriously brilliant, because Halloween is like Mardi Gras for writers. If you are smart, use trick-or-treating to your advantage.
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May 20 2015
Is Your Story PRIMAL?—Anatomy of a Best-Selling Story Part 6
The plot is the foundation. Now what you construct on top of that foundation can be super-complex. Note I wrote complex NOT complicated.
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May 11 2015
Anatomy of a Best-Selling Story 3—Opposition
Ah, structure. We are discussing the fundamentals of story. No skeleton and our story is a puddle of primordial adverb ooze.
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May 08 2015
Anatomy of a Best-Selling Story—Part Two
Good news is that most structure problems can be fixed, although many times that requires leveling everything to the foundation and using the raw materials to begin anew…the correct way and killing a lot of little darlings along the way.
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