August 17th, 2018
How to Focus on Your Story's DNA
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Craft | WriterStrong
Though we are a very cohesive group here at Writers in the Storm, we are split down the middle in writing style. Laura and Fae write their stories in a linear fashion while Julie and I quilt ours together scene by scene.… Read the post
May 31st, 2017
Enhancing Your Story Through Macro & Micro Setting Descriptions
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Blogging Guests | Craft
At a recent conference, I attended a class taught by Ally Condie where she went over the nuances of setting in story. As someone who strives to make my settings rich, and even feel like another character, it was something I was very interested in.… Read the post
May 15th, 2017
Divine Inspiration… Or Not: Mining Your Life for Story
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Craft | Writer's Life
A few weeks ago, the fabulous Kimberly Brock wrote a post about the fear of the blank page. She claimed that there are people who love it and she called them psychopaths and equated it to jumping out of airplanes.… Read the post
November 4th, 2016
Taking a Story from Idea to Concept to Premise
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Blogging Guests | Craft
Writing as a career isn’t easy—especially for those writers who are still in another career (the evil day job). We can’t have a career polishing five-year novels, and we know, given the demands of day jobs, family, and all the commitments in our lives, that our writing time is very precious.… Read the post
September 25th, 2015
Write Up A Storm - Back By Popular Demand
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Inspiration | Writer's Life
It's b-a-a-a-ack!
During our first event on April 20th, we wrote a whole book! The final word count for our first Write Up a Storm was 79,591 words.
We promised a follow-up event, and it's coming up just in time to jump start your engines for NaNoWriMo. … Read the post