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Hit a button to share with your friends Brought to You in League With... Leave a message for ANY other driver in the world, check your messages too!Solve Your Problems Simply by Saying Them Out Loud
H ow many times have you gone through explaining a problem to a friend, and before he could say a word about it you had already figured out the solution by yourself? The very act of explaining a problem out loud can, by itself, be enough to solve it . How can this deceptively simple strategy work so well? How can we leverage it, transforming it in a problem-solving technique we can use at anytime? The Magic Behind Explaining Problems Out Loud
{*style:<i>(Reprinted from Writer’s Digest) by Linda Formichelli </i>*} The business article came out great, but I was stuck for an ending. Finally, I hit upon the conclusion: “Follow these tips and boost your bottom line.” Perfect! Snappy, fun, alliterative.
Busting Your Writing Rut | The Renegade Writer
Maps Workshop — Developing the Fictional World through Mapping
Most of the books I’ve written have started with a map. Not with an idea, or a character, or a theme. With a hand-drawn map, doodled out first while I was sitting and keeping someone else company, or while I was on break, or when I couldn’t think of what to write and had no ideas to speak of and knew that if I drew a map something would come to me.
World Building 101 by Lee Masterson You are the ultimate creator of your fictional world. No matter where or when your story is set, regardless of what events unfold, and despite the characters you introduce to your readers, they are all products of your unique imagination.
World Building 101
Magical World Builder
By, Stephanie Cottrell Bryant The Magical World Builder's Guide is a tool for creating a fantasy universe. Although there are several good guidebooks to creating a science fiction world, few deal with the quintessential elements of a fantasy realm. This guide ambitiously attempts to help fantasy authors discover their realms long before they sit down to the keyboard and fill in the details. In addition, I've written a much-beloved 30 Days of World Building tutorial designed to help you hit the ground running with your world building in just a few minutes a day.
Novel Outlining 101
Concept: To create a weblog post that presents a simple method of outlining a novel. Plan: Demonstrate the method by using it to outline the post, then use the outline to write the post itself. Prologue: Outlining Demo Part One: Introduction to Novel Outlining, Definitions, Purpose Part Two: Examples of Outlined Scenes, Chapters and Parts Part Three: Common problems, Suggested Resolutions, Finale Epilogue: Links to other posts and articles on novel outlining at PBW and elsewhere
plot
Except for some select experimental works, every piece of fiction requires a story, or plot. The complexity of this plot is determined by both the writer and the genre. For example, a thriller is always plot-driven, requiring an intricate story with twists and unexpected complications, while a literary novel can center on a much more straightforward plot that is subservient to character, language, and theme. No matter the genre, however, the story is what draws the reader into the writer’s fictional world. I’ve provided a few guidelines to help you succeed with your story. 1.
Excerpted from my lecture on Stupid Plotting Tricks By Teresa Nielsen Hayden Start with some principles: A plot doesn't have to be new. It just has to be new to the reader. In fact, it doesn't even have to be new to the reader.
Stupid Plot Tricks
Plunge Right In... Into Your Story, That Is!
by Rekha Ambardar One of the things you're required to do when taking swimming lessons is to jump in at the deep end of the pool, dive under water smoothly, and rise up to the surface. For most swimmers, diving under the water and then swimming to the surface poses hardly any problem; it's the jump at the deep end that unnerves one. Most of us prefer to ease in unobtrusively from any other area of the pool and loiter at the deep end, pretending that we did jump in. Somehow, this tendency of easing into the pool is the analogy that compares with the fictional technique of beginning storytellers -- an absolute no-no in fiction writing.
How To Write A Novel Using The Snowflake Method
Writing a novel is easy . Writing a good novel is hard.All Your Characters Talk The Same — And They're Not A Hivemind!
"Those of us who write in English are lucky — it's actually two languages in one." I've always thought of English as a true frankenlanguage. Most English words are little amalgams and abberations of so many different words in other languages...it really fascinates me, especially when I can decipher and translate the general meaning of a word or a whole sentence from a foreign language into "english". Technically, I speak the languages of all the nations of the world, it's just that all the words have been dialectically screwed up.How to Write a Character Bible
How to Study Characters in the Bible There are a lot of things believers can learn from studying the lives of characters in the Bible such as the Old... How to Write a Bible Study Guide How to Write a Character Bible. If you're serious about writing screenplays that have authentic, realistic characters, ... How to Make Bible Character Outfits Basic Bible character outfits are simple to make, even for those without sewing or costuming skills. Bathrobes can be made into garments... How to Teach Your Children About Bible Characters Bible characters can teach children about remaining strong in their convictions in the midst of opposition, enduring tough circumstances through faith, forgiveness...Establishing the Right Point of View
by Marg Gilks "Dalquist was shaking with rage, tears streaking down her face. 'Get out,' she whispered. Then she lunged for the other woman, shrieking, 'Get out! Get out!'Stuck with a case of massive writer's block? Has your muse gone on indefinite hiatus? Or are you just bored?