As you pop around the web or read writing magazines, you’ll pretty quickly discover writing contests. In fact, we even host one on this site each spring. You may mull these contests over and wonder if they’re worth your while. Winning would be fantastic! But what do you have to gain for all your [...]
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Personal Motivation, The Writing Industry
 By Lynn Dean, on December 2nd, 2011November is past, and NaNoWriMo with it. Whether or not you took the challenge to write 50K words in a month, here’s one way to see a story by YOU in print by Christmas! Snapfish is an online photo development company. Around the holidays, they offer special prices on photo scrapbooks–bound books, in a variety [...] Announcements, Personal Motivation
By Lynn Dean, on October 14th, 2011It’s hard to imagine that any lover of literary lore hasn’t heard of NaNoWriMo, but hey…the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. NaNoWriMo, short National Novel Writing Month, is billed by it’s non-profit sponsors, the Office of Letters and Light, as “30 days and nights of literary abandon!” You may abandon a lot of [...] Announcements, Personal Motivation, Plotting, The Writing Industry
By Lynn Dean, on September 2nd, 2011I’ve referred in past posts to Larry Brooks’ excellent book, Story Engineering. As I read this book the principles of plotting finally clicked–probably because Larry explains them in architectural terms, and I am a building designer by trade. Suddenly both the rules and the reasons for them became clear, and I’ve been a [...] Personal Motivation
By Lynn Dean, on June 24th, 2011Sabbatical–that’s the Word of the Day on Dictionary.com. “Any extended period of leave from one’s customary work, especially for rest, to acquire new skills or training, etc.” Extended, of course, is a relative term. Since Summer is when I wrap up my busiest season at work, I can only extend myself one day off–but [...] |
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