Three Ways to Begin Your Story: 3. Mind Meld
by Lisanne Harrington I come from a family of writers. We all use a different method to begin our stories: Mind Mapping, which we covered in Part One, Index Cards Continue reading
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Three Ways to Begin Your Story: 2. Index Cards
by Lisanne Harrington As I told y’all last time, I come from a family of writers. Mom writes middle-grade historical fiction and my oldest daughter writes for TV. I write Continue reading
Only the Beginning: Crafting Memorable Opening Lines
by Jeffrey J. Michaels Let us talk of opening lines. Where to start…Every writers conference and instructional course will emphasize the import, the absolutely vital, pivotal necessity of the first Continue reading
Coroner’s Determinations: Part 3, Time of Death (cont.)
This final peek inside the coroner’s van reads a little like an episode from The Walking Dead. In it, Dr. Lyle discusses putrification, greenish discolorations, protruding tongues and all kinds Continue reading
I Love to Plot, Part 2 – The Promise
by Michelle Knowlden Philip Henslowe: Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. Hugh Continue reading
Coroner’s Determinations: Part 2, Time of Death
If you don’t want your corpus delicti becoming a corpus deteriorate and going green on you before the coroner finds the clues your hero needs to solve the crime, you’d Continue reading
I Love to Plot: Part 1 – The Premise
by Michelle Knowlden My job is to help you fall in love. ~ Science Fiction Author Ray Bradbury’s 1995 Speech at Brown University. I love to plot. Plotting makes writing Continue reading
Crafting a Strong Romance
by Jacqueline Diamond Predictable Take one handsome hero with a shadowed past and a touch of arrogance, toss in a feisty heroine who hates men because she’s had her heart Continue reading
Score!
by Valerie Davisson A Fresh Start I’ll never forget my first athletic success. It’s easy. I only have one. It happened one hot afternoon in July. We’d just moved to Continue reading
Writing – An Act of Generosity
by Valerie Davisson I love the Holidays! When I first considered a topic for this December blog post, the Magic of the Season came to mind. It’s that little niggle Continue reading