This time it’s different, is a phase that should strike fear in your heart if you invested in stocks and lived through the dot COM bust. In the dot com bust of the stock market showed that things may have changed but people and society had not. People and society change very slowly but they do […]
The other night I tripped over a YouTube video of an interview of JK Rowling. The video was made in 1998 and she was working on her second Harry Porter book. It shows her in a coffee shop or tea cafe having a cup of something (it never showed her drinking form the cup) and […]
Just finished reading a book by a famous author that I really like. It was Meh. They can’t all be winner. The book was a let down. So I made it a learning experience. What was right with the book. It was fast paced. I could not tell what was going to happen next. I couldn’t […]
Between writing and serious family obligations I don’t get out much. The other day I had a doctor’s appointment. A five hour appointment. The instructions said bring a lunch ( a fatty lunch so I got a cookie to go with the sandwich). It’s 8:00 in the morning and I stop at the local Subway sandwich […]
You’re desperate, nothing helps, everything you’ve tried doesn’t work. Tip 5 Hit the plot complication button. Stop trying to be original, stop trying to come up with a new story line. Use the oldest cliche you can think of. Can’t think of an over used cliche just watch ten minutes of TV. Reruns and Mystery Science Theater […]
Tips 4; use brainstorming. Shoot the hero. No particular reason other than to get the story moving. If it’s a romance novel make sure the hero’s love interest uses a magnum handgun. We don’t want the hero chasing a wimpy girl. There are hundreds of ways to brainstorm. Get on the Internet and look some […]
the rainfall listed on the weather web site is less than zero. You know it’s very, very bad when it’s triple digits less that zero.
Tip 3 Bring back a throwaway character. You had a character who’s sole purpose was to impact some tiny bit of information or do an action. The throwaway character has an endearing trait but would never be seen again in the story. Make the character a reoccurring character. Take another throwaway character and combine the […]
Tip two. Make a list, make a bunch of lists. On a sheet of paper list ten items in column A of things the hero has to do to win or get to the end of the story. In column B list ten items or things the villain must do to achieve his goal. These can […]
I’ve read over and over again where author’s tell you to write through writer’s block. Not very good advice when you have a bad case of writer’s block. Here’s some tips on how to write yourself out of writer’s block. Background. I’m in the hospital with a very very sick family member. Yes, I use […]