How To writing ideas from me and a few of my writing friends.
An important topic that comes up time and again is plotting amongst Book-in-a-week (BIW) writers is plotting. Two plotting books always seem to get recommended and I have given them away as book prizes often: Plot & Structure 20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them Besides reading books, one of the best ways writers…
Beth Gutcheon, author of Gossip, is the critically acclaimed author of eight previous novels: The New Girls, Still Missing, Domestic Pleasures, Saying Grace, Five Fortunes, More Than You Know, Leeway Cottage and Good-bye and Amen. She is the writer of several film scripts, including the Academy Award nominee The Children of Theatre Street. She lives…
St. Patrick’s Day Prompts March 17th is the day St. Patrick died, supposedly he was 120. At 16 he was sold into slavery and after six years he fled Ireland. He returned many years later as a missionary and worked to bring together two religions Christian and Celtic, blending them into Celtic Christianity. This day…
International Women’s Week Prompts March 8th has been set a side as International Women’s Day and is celebrated in many countries throughout the world with the purpose of connecting all women. It is a day to recognize all women’s achievements regardless of their culture, religion or political affiliations. The week of International Women’s Day is…
Before you begin to submit your finished novel for publication, you should first have it critiqued. A neutral pair of eyes can do wonders for your manuscript and make positive suggestions that you had not even thought of. Getting your novel critiqued is taking it to the next level. After all, you want it in…
With the hundreds of thousands of books that are published each year, it is essential for a writer to use every tool in his arsenal to make his book stand out and be read. Putting aside (for the moment) the basic tools of plot, characterization, setting and dialogue, I would like to take a look…
Valentine’s Day Prompts Love is in the air. On February 14th lovers all over the world will spend hours wooing their loved ones. Celebrate the love of Valentine’s Day with a week of journaling prompts. Day One: Journal about your first Valentine’s Day card. Day Two: Write a love letter to a sweetheart, real or…
Cold Weather Prompts Baby it’s cold outside… You ever notice how the older we get, the more the cold weather gets to us? Here are some prompts to heat up your journaling hand. Day One: Journal about your favorite winter activity as a child. Day Two: Did you have a favorite snowsuit, scarf or other…