THE WRITING WORKSHOP: Simplify Your Writing by Cutting Clutter
By Andrea Lewis // The beginning of each year causes me panic: everyone that I know feels the urge to set resolutions for the 365 days ahead. I dread the Continue reading
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THE WRITING WORKSHOP: Story Structure
By Andrea Lewis // When one of the members of The Lake Forest Writers’ Roundtable needed help with structuring his story that followed one treasure through various eras, advice from Continue reading
The Plot Menu – Creating a Balanced Story
by Greta Boris I’m bringing back a “best-of” article this month, and I have an ulterior motive. I wrote this a year ago and have been refining my use of Continue reading
6 Hot Tips for Digging Out of the Saggy Middle
by Greta Boris I signed up for an on-line plotting course some years back and started happily typing away. I was excited about the beginning of my story and I knew, Continue reading
I Love to Plot, Part 3: The Play
by Michelle Knowlden A plot is about things that happen. A story is about people who behave. …from Roger Ebert’s Review of “House of Sand and Fog,” 26 December 2003 Continue reading
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
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