Creative Nook
Where to Start?
The longer you’re in the writing world, the more advice you will receive about the writing craft and the more arguments you will hear disputing the advice given about the writing craft. One of those areas of dispute is where to start your story. Some say begin in the action to hook the reader, and […]
Thankful for my Mother (and Glad I Don’t Have This One)
Mother’s come in all shapes and sizes–each one in different in their strengths and weaknesses. I am very grateful for the wonderful mother the Lord blessed me with. He knew that I would need a woman who was a good listener (after all, I am a born storyteller), patient, and a good example of a […]
WIP Report for May 2013
Will Ramirez: Author: Will Ramirez WIP: Sky Calling Target Word count: 100,000 Current Word count: 21,000 Goal date to finish: August 30, 2013 Draft/ editing version: 1st Draft Toughest challenge you’ve faced this month: Getting back into the swing of first draft writing after focusing so much on editing lately. Biggest Encouragements: Getting my […]
How to make a meme
Most people use “meme” to describe those pictures you see on Facebook and elsewhere. Like this: Really, “meme” describes the idea, not the image. A “meme” can also be a behavior. But for purposes of this discussion, I’ll go ahead and use meme in its graphical sense. Memes seem to get passed around more than […]
Question for the Day
So, Friday, our homeschool co-op took a trip to Dinosaur World. It was four hours of touring not-so-lifelike dinosaurs, digging up fossils, and running around just being a kid. Fun for the family–a day in the toxic waste dump for me. For the next 36 hours, I was laid out, not able to much more […]
Words of wisdom from Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman may be one of the best speculative fiction writers around. Well, one of the best writers, period. So when he speaks, I listen. First, a talk about books and e-books: Next, and pardon me if you’ve heard this one before, a talk about writing and art:
Plotter All The Way
Okay, maybe that’s not entirely true. I sometimes let my writing carry me into unplanned territory because that’s where my creative side is taking me. But that’s when writer’s block hits me. I’ll go with the flow and then end up in a spot where I say: Now what? David Farland says the main cause […]
Doodle-A-Plot
I’m a doodler. When I was in college I doodled on class hand-outs and notes, on scrap paper, textbooks–anything that happened to be handy. Anymore, it’s mostly sermon notes or bulletin inserts, scratch paper–again, anything available. I’m a kinesthetic learner, meaning I learn by doing. I actually have a hard time concentrating (on a lecture, […]
