Masterclass.com course: Dramatic Writing with David Mamet Day 5 Using Advice from Lesson 4: My fingers resist hitting the dreaded delete button. It’s the enemy of all writers. Today is a painful day of cuts in order to keep my story simple, with the right progression. My audience will feel sidetracked and delayed and that’s not theContinue reading “Day 5 of MasterClass Online with David Mamet”
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Day #4 of MasterClass Online with David Mamet
Masterclass.com course: Dramatic Writing Continued with David Mamet Day 4 Dramatic Rules Continued: Lesson 5 might end up being a painful lesson because it may a lot of cutting of unnecessary scenes from my novel. David’s first line, “Tell the story.” is all he needs to say about this lesson. In order to write a good story,Continue reading “Day #4 of MasterClass Online with David Mamet”
Day #3 of MasterClass Online with David Mamet
Masterclass.com course: Dramatic Writing with David Mamet Day 3 Dramatic Rules: I’m on day #3 and today is about the Dramatic Rules of writing. Each video is around 8 to 12 minutes long and there are so many nuggets, I hit pause often. When we’re sitting down at the campfire and we’re telling a story progressionContinue reading “Day #3 of MasterClass Online with David Mamet”
Day #2 of MasterClass Online with David Mamet
Masterclass.com course: Dramatic Writing with David Mamet Day #1 & 2 Purpose of Drama: My first few days in class with David Mamet are interesting. He explains his viewpoint on what drama is in life and to our audience. He would argue that we are not “teachers”. We are the story tellers around the campfire thatContinue reading “Day #2 of MasterClass Online with David Mamet”
Day #1 of MasterClass Online
Day #1 with David Mamet on Dramatic Writing December is here and it’s day of MasterClass online and I thought about taking a break but my goal is to finish another novel this year. Our first class is with Pulitzer Prize winner, David Mamet on Dramatic Writing. I’ve published Children’s Books and I took aContinue reading “Day #1 of MasterClass Online”
Day #30 of NaNoWriMo
Day # 30 of NaNoWriMo It’s time to pat ourselves on the back with our word count even if we only had time for a few paragraphs a day. The point is not to obsess over your number, or think you’re a failure if you ran out of time. The point is that you madeContinue reading “Day #30 of NaNoWriMo”
Day #29 of NaNoWriMo
Day #29 of NaNoWriMo – Drama Time As we near the end of NaNoWriMo, take a moment to think about your characters. Readers don’t see but they can feel the words. Understanding what your characters will do, say, and think matters. Writers research, play detective, and experience their characters. That’s why other writers tell youContinue reading “Day #29 of NaNoWriMo”
Netflix Review of Dash and Lily
Normally, I steer away from Romantic Comedies but it’s holiday season and I have the Hallmark Channel on too. My world is filled with the impossible. Cliches and overdone tropes are playing in my feed until Christmas. Saturday night, means that I’m tired of eating left over turkey. I put in a pizza tonight andContinue reading “Netflix Review of Dash and Lily”
Day #28 of NaNoWriMo
Day #28 of NaNoWriMo Are there really only 2 days until the end of the month? A busy schedule can make my love for writing a challenge. I had some days where only had time for a few paragraphs towards the middle of the night. My brain finally turned into mush last night and IContinue reading “Day #28 of NaNoWriMo”
Day #27 of NaNoWriMo
Day #27 of NaNoWriMo Thanksgiving night turned into midnight oil again. My fingers were flying and I crawled to bed. Do you ever have one of those nights when you wake up and decide that you might undo all the typing of the night before? Well, that was me. Normally, I’m all about writing rawContinue reading “Day #27 of NaNoWriMo”
Happy Thanksgiving
Day #26 of NaNoWriMo – Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is here and my first meal was a success. Minnesota crock pot cooking resulted in a 7 hour slow cooked turkey that was moist. If you’re going to try this at home, then you may want to carefully take it out and crispy it in the oven.Continue reading “Happy Thanksgiving”
Thanksgiving Midnight Prep
I grew up in Minnesota and I wanted to return to our way of cooking this year. My family decided to spend 2020 Thanksgiving apart to keep everyone safer and healthier this year, and I have to admit that I miss my mom’s cooking. Living in the land of 10,000 casseroles and crock pot recipes,Continue reading “Thanksgiving Midnight Prep”
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