When you get deep into the research of writing novels, there is cross over with writing screenplays for movies. One phrase I recently came across in my research is the Four-Quadrant Movie Model. Though not all screenplay concepts can be Read more
After a year of running my website, I’ve learned a few tricks, and I’d like to share one with you today. When you have a website where you get comments from the public, there is always spam comments. While some Read more
I already touched on the topic of internal conflict, and this week I want to dive into it a little more. Character wound is a concept that continues to surface in my writing research. A wound refers to an impactful Read more
A hook is something that evokes intrigue in the readers. It can be a catchy title, gorgeous cover art, intriguing book summary, glowing book review, or compelling premise. Most often for writers, it’s little tidbits we put in the book Read more
We already covered portraying a character’s emotions, and now I want to address the emotions we try to arouse in our readers. When an author writes something to get an emotional response from the reader, we call it an emotional Read more
In this post, when I say scene, I’m not referring to a setting but to part of a sequence of events. A scene in a book is marked by breaks. These can be a chapter break or just a line Read more
I wanted to title this post All The Little Pesky Things You Have To Do When Running A Business That You Don’t Think About Until You Do It, but I thought that title would be too long. That’s the essence Read more
Last week I shared about my process to register a LLC, and this week I will cover three more steps to take once you are officially a business owner. These will allow you to do financial transactions, and they are Read more
You have a finished book, and you’re ready to pitch it to agents or publish it yourself. Congrats! But before you do that, you may need to think about finances and how you want to get paid. You can sell Read more
This is the full version of the story. If you would like to read the shorter version that won 1st place in a local writing competition, click here and scroll to the bottom of the post. Despite what you’ve heard, Read more