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Beyond Happily Ever After: What Story Offers

Guest Blogger — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 11:00:17 +0000

Before we jump into Kathryn's wisdom, I wanted to let you know - the winner of Laurie Schnebly Campbell's class is....Olderwriter! We'll be in touch, Eveyln! Turning Whine Into Gold By Kathryn Craft On the first page of her book Wired for Story, Lisa Cron says: "Opposable thumbs let us hang on; story told us what […]

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Playing Dr. Frankenstein – 5 Questions To Ask Your Characters Before You Begin

Orly Konig-Lopez — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:00:15 +0000

by Orly Konig-Lopez Who are these people who live in your head? Where do you come up with these ideas? You’ve heard those questions a few times, right? A few days ago I was giving someone a quick and dirty of my new book. Quick and dirty because that’s all I have at the moment—there’s […]

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Plot Fixer #10: A Loss Of Focus

Guest Blogger — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:00:56 +0000

Kara Lennox aka Karen Leabo is back today with her great Plot Fixer series. Don't miss her other blogs! Here are the links for Parts 1-9: Part 1 – Your Premise Isn’t Compelling Part 2 – How To Fix a Weak Opening Part 3 – A Lack of Goals Part 4 – Is Your Conflict […]

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Care About Your Characters Or Your Readers Won't

Guest Blogger — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:00:00 +0000

WITS is happy to welcome back James Preston, author of the award-winning Surf City Mysteries series. James’ wife, Nancy, encouraged Fae Rowen to write her first book. James encouraged Fae to go to the San Diego Writers Conference to learn how to write that first book. Today he shares his insight on why we write and why we […]

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Your Plot Moves Too Slowly ~ 5 Tips To Help Improve Your Story's Pacing

Guest Blogger — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:00:51 +0000

Writers In The Storm welcomes back Kara Lennox, a.k.a. Karen Leabo for some more plot-fixing magic. Look for Kara’s writing tips the first Friday of every month. This is the sixth in an ongoing series of Plot Fixer blogs by double RITA finalist Kara Lennox. Here are the links for Parts 1-5: Part 1 - Your Premise Isn't Compelling Part 2 - […]

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What Star Trek Can Teach Us About Great Writing

Guest Blogger — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:00:59 +0000

by Kristen Lamb Writers In The Storm is delighted to welcome Kristen Lamb today. She's a treasure trove of writing, author and social media know-how so strap in for a great post! ************ I love the 2009 J.J. Abrams rendition of Star Trek. As a writer, stories are my business, so I study them in […]

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6 Key Writing Lessons I’ve Learned From Horses: The Key of Knowledge

writersinthestorm — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:25:32 +0000

By D. A. WATT This is the second installment of a three part series. The first post focused on attitude. "Prior and proper preparation makes for peak performance. Like creating a novel that takes readers somewhere, amazing." There are only three places to go: somewhere, nowhere or somewhere else. Whether riding, writing, or reading, I wouldn’t want […]

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