As we approach the New Year, many of us set ourselves up by establishing goals. On nearly every resolution list for the past few years, I’ve set a goal to write a book. But once you have written one book, you might realize it has “series potential” or you might decide off the bat thatContinueContinue reading “Writing A Series: With Guest Author Skye Horn”
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#Preptober: A Reflection
National Novel Writing Month…or how all the “cool kids” say: NaNoWriMo, is soon upon us. The goal is simple, write a novel (50,000 words) during the month of November. Since there are 30 days in the month, this breaks down to an average of 1,666.7 words a day (of course a dastardly 666 numeric wouldContinueContinue reading “#Preptober: A Reflection”
Save the Cat! Fifteen Beats Vs. The Seven Point Story Structure
Understanding Story Structure I recently began outlining book two of the Uprising trilogy. And whenever my outlining process begins, I know I need to dust off my copy of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody. Despite the title of this post, and the fact that I use Save the Cat!, I’m notContinueContinue reading “Save the Cat! Fifteen Beats Vs. The Seven Point Story Structure”
Newbie to Novelist 