That headline (and title of my friend and mentor Larry Brooks’ new book) couldn’t be any truer. There’s a false belief that runs rampant in…
Category: Story Planning
As you probably know, I do a lot of Developmental Editing on writers’ manuscripts and whether it’s story structure, character development or something else craft-related,…
Whew! I still can’t believe we’ve already almost completed another year of life. It’s crazy how fast time flies when you’re having fun and doing…
As a Developmental Editor and Story Coach, I read hundreds of stories every year, and over and over again, I see writers making the exact…
Over the last few days I’ve been wrapping up a content edit for one of my clients. I do a lot of content editing in…
One of the things I love, love, love to do is watch movies and deconstruct them. (If you’re not familiar with that term, it just…
A little over a year ago, I became a best selling author on Amazon. I sold 1,007 books in 30 days and hit #1 in…
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There’s a very common saying (and misconception) in the storytelling world that goes a little something like this: the definition of story is Conflict. Maybe…
Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year? I’m doing my own version of NaNo in November and revising the draft I finished earlier this year.…