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May, 2013
- The Writer's Chatroom Presents Vern the Dragon (and Karina Fabian) Sent Friday, May 17, 2013 The Writer's Chatroom http://writerschatroom.com Chat with Vern the Dragon and His Friends Being a private detective in the border town of the Faerie and Mundane worlds isn't easy, even for a dragon like Vern. Still, finding the wayward brother of a teary damsel in distress shouldn't have gotten so dangerous. When his partner, Sister Grace, gets poisoned by a dart meant for him, Vern offers to find an artifact in exchange for a cure. However, this […]
- The Writer's Chatroom Topic Chat: Creating Suspense Sent Wednesday, May 15, 2013 The Writer's Chatroom www.writerschatroom.com Newsletter Archive (Sally Franklin Christie is in charge tonight) 5 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR NOVEL MORE SUSPENSEFUL A character who unknowingly carries a bomb around as if it were an ordinary package is bound to work up great suspense in the audience. --Alfred Hitchcock http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/5-ways-to-make-your-novel-more-suspenseful?et_mid=617004andrid=3095074 Suspense happens when a scene […]
- The Writer's Chatroom Topic Chat: Editos Sent Wednesday, May 8, 2013 The Writer's Chatroom www.writerschatroom.com Newsletter Archive (Sally Franklin Christie is in charge tonight) Writer's Craft #120: Editos http://clarionfoundation.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/writers-craft-120-editos/ Do you commit editos? They are like typos, but instead of typing the for she the resulting mess is due to splicing incompatible sentence constructions. Here is an example... Herver hadn't held out much hope of spiritual influence […]
- The Writer's Chatroom Topic Chat: Pixar's Rules of Storytelling Sent Wednesday, May 1, 2013 The Writer's Chatroom www.writerschatroom.com Newsletter Archive We only made it through five of the tips last week, so we'll continue the discussion tonight. Pixar makes movies that everyone wants to see. How do they make their stories so compelling and universally attention-getting? Last fall, Emma Coats, a Pixar storyboard artist, tweeted 22 storytelling rules that she learned from her Pixar colleagues. […]
April, 2013
- The Writer's Chatroom Topic Chat: Pixar's Rules of Storytelling Sent Wednesday, April 24, 2013 The Writer's Chatroom www.writerschatroom.com Newsletter Archive Pixar makes movies that everyone wants to see. How do they make their stories so compelling and universally attention-getting? Last fall, Emma Coats, a Pixar storyboard artist, tweeted 22 storytelling rules that she learned from her Pixar colleagues. http://www.smalldogcreative.com/_blog/Small_Dog_Creative_Blog/post/ Pixar's_22_Rules_of_Story_Telling/ Now, before you say "She's only talking to fiction […]
- The Writer's Chatroom Presents Don McNair Sent Friday, April 19, 2013 The Writer's Chatroom http://writerschatroom.com Chat with Don McNair Don McNair has worked as a magazine editor where he wrote features and oversaw the work of staff and freelance writers for national trade magazines. He was a senior account executive for a major PR firm where he edited staff-written features for Burson-Marsteller while writing and placing hundreds of his own articles with appropriate trade magazines and writing and producing three […]
- The Writer's Chatroom Topic Chat: Prompts To Break A Block Sent Wednesday, April 17, 2013 The Writer's Chatroom www.writerschatroom.com Newsletter Archive (Sally Franklin Christie is in charge tonight) I am participating in a sort of 'dare you to..' I am writing 1,000, words a day during the month of April. The rules are loose and include mentioning what you have been reading. The story I have is very exploratory, my word for fairly plot-less and the POV characters keep changing. I look at the exercise, challenge or dare as daily writing prompt. […]
- The Writer's Chatroom Presents Judy Alter Sent Friday, April 12, 2013 The Writer's Chatroom http://writerschatroom.com Chat with Judy Alter Judy Alter has authored about 60 books for children and adults. Judy's main interest has been the experiences of women in the American West, and she's written 6 adult novels with that theme and 7 young-adult novels. Two of the adult novels, now called Western Historical Romances-- Libbie and Sundance, Butch and Me--are available on Kindle, as are children's books on a variety of […]
- The Writer's Chatroom Topic Chat: Hunting Down the Pleonasm (One more time!) Sent Wednesday, April 10, 2013 The Writer's Chatroom www.writerschatroom.com Newsletter Archive Yes, we're still on this topic. There is so much great information here, that we don't want to leave anything out. We are going to finish the topic tonight. Hunting Down the Pleonasm by Allan Guthrie. This is great advice, no matter what you write. We will start with number 27 tonight. Join us tonight to discuss Guthrie's writing tips for the first hour. We'll take any other questions you may have […]
- The Writer's Chatroom Topic Chat: Hunting Down the Pleonasm (Yes, again!) Sent Wednesday, April 3, 2013 The Writer's Chatroom www.writerschatroom.com Newsletter Archive Yes, we're still on this topic. There is so much great information here, that we don't want to leave anything out. Sally is going to continue the topic again tonight. Hunting Down the Pleonasm by Allan Guthrie. This is great advice, no matter what you write. We will start with number 21 tonight. Join us tonight to discuss Guthrie's writing tips for the first hour. We'll take any other questions […]