We Like to Write - Social Networking for Writers & Bloggers Zoetrope.com Simple Way to Create a Mood for Your Story In today’s installation of Think Like a Writer, we’ll look at creating a certain mood for your story, novel, or picture book. Writers know that readers want a certain experience and part of that is creating emotion or feeling. In other words, we need to create a setting that has a certain mood. How to do that? Creating a mood is fairly simple, if you start with the basic idea of sensory details. But this time, you want to select details that support your mood. If you want a happy beach, you choose different details; soft wind ruffles your hair, sunglasses slide down the sweat on your nose, the smell of sunscreen brings back memories of that time on the beach in Jamaica, the mojita tastes perfectly minty, and the sea is a glassy swell. Writers notice sensory details.
2011 10 Writer Websites That Kick Butt and Get Clients Have you been wondering how to create a standout writer website that would impress clients and get you hired? You know you need one. Without a site, it’s like you’re invisible. You just don’t seem legit, especially if you’re going after online markets. I’ve talked about writer websites before, and do reviews weekly in Freelance Writers Den, but today I thought I’d just show you some fine examples of successful writer websites. They have clean, uncluttered design.You can get a good sense quickly of the type of writing the writer does.The clips are presented in a way that’s easy to read.It’s easy to figure out how to contact them. Some of them were done very affordably, too. Take a look for yourself. Mary Yerkes – An example of what you can accomplish with the basic WordPress blog site you get when you join the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors (NAIWE). Seen any good writer websites lately? P.S.
The Write Practice | Practical Inspiration 101 of the Best Fiction Writing Tips, Part I What if someone went through the biggest and best blogs on the internet, and pulled out the very best-of-the best tips for fiction writers? That’s what I’ve attempted to do here. I can’t guarantee there aren’t some amazingly helpful writing tips that I haven’t included, but this is a good start. I’ve also tried to steer clear of really obvious tips like “show, don’t tell” or “make your characters unforgettable,” in favour of ones that are less often discussed. To learn more about the tips, click through to their original articles. Thanks to all these amazing bloggers for their valuable advice! Now, head over to:
5 Of The Best Movie Scripts To Learn From In Each Genre 5 of the Best Movie Scripts to Learn From in Each Major Genre Professional film scripts are one of the best tools screenwriters have at their disposal. There is nothing else that gives you the practical experience of how it all comes together than reading a produced screenplay. But what are the best movie scripts to read, and why? In this post, we break down five of the best screenplays to read in each major genre—drama, comedy, action/adventure, thriller and horror. And why you need to read them. It’s by not only reading scripts, but really breaking them down, getting inside them and figuring out why they work, that you’ll get the most out of them as a screenwriter. Let’s dive on in and take a look at the top movie scripts in each genre you should read. One of the Best Drama Film Scripts You Should Read: American Beauty Alan Ball graduated from Florida State University with a degree in theater arts. There are some truly terrific examples of how to write a scene in this script.