Characters are one shade of light in a dark room. – Daniel Greene Back to the grind. The warm up in the Midwest must be affecting my brain like the rest of Minnesota. Everyone is outside walking their pets. I even saw one person carrying their cat who meowed the whole time but that’s anotherContinue reading “Character Sunshine”
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Sunday Inspiration
Creating this blog is one of the best things I’ve done for my writing. The prompts and exercises that I share and use help develop a better story. Somehow, my wandering squirrel brain remembers where the nuts are buried, or at least provided a map to crafted the story we all dream of writing. Month-by-month,Continue reading “Sunday Inspiration”
Pinning Day!
Over the months, I’ve created several writing prompts and shared resources but there’s one I haven’t covered – Pinterest. Many of us use storyboards for characters and setting references and this social media spot is the natural place to pin, post and share your ideas. Not to mention, every story board is saved in oneContinue reading “Pinning Day!”
Hump Day!
Hump day is here! What a perfect day to go looking for our own whale. I’m talking about finding the story that makes waves in the publishing world. Specifically, the focus is on #2 from Writer’s Digest, How to Choose a Story to Write by Courtney Carpenter. You can find the link for the fullContinue reading “Hump Day!”
Tofu Tuesday!
The image of yesterday’s Green Onion may have left a strong sense of smell and 50 shades of green. Chopping potent words during edits can leave your eyes filled with tears. Images that create instant reactions from our senses are easy to type but what about subtle moments? How are you going to have lipsContinue reading “Tofu Tuesday!”
Fat Purple Fig Day
Sometimes, when authors sit down entrenched in their novels we need moments that make us smile. Writing a novel is serious business. Making our audience laugh on the pages is more difficult to do than stand-up comedy because our audience starts our invisible. We don’t even see the outline of their shape when we startContinue reading “Fat Purple Fig Day”
February Walk Down Main Street
The weather in Minnesota is finally above 0 but I’m still a freeze baby living up North. Taking my own advice, I need to return to my working on my novel instead of things like – blogging or tic toking about a writer’s life. Refocusing, I thought I would try another exercise today. I’m goingContinue reading “February Walk Down Main Street”
February Cocktail Night
Developing characters in a novel can feel like you’ve entered into a new relationship. The difference is that you can delete, erase, or change pieces that you don’t like to create ideal characters. You can even go on dates with your antagonists without worrying about being in danger. Dating week continues so that you canContinue reading “February Cocktail Night”
February Coffee Time
Yesterday, we tried to place our characters inside a chocolate box. Today, we’re going to meet them for coffee. We’re not interviewing them, we’re going to talk to them like new and old friends. Imagine meeting friends at a local coffee shop after you haven’t seen them in a while. Well, maybe we don’t needContinue reading “February Coffee Time”
Characters Are Like Chocolate
Our sugar addiction lies inside heart shaped boxes and if you’re a Minnesotan, you still leave 1 or 2 pieces to be polite even when no one else is going to look inside. We never take the last piece of cake or food in the frozen tundra. It’s like we’re worried our neighbors or momContinue reading “Characters Are Like Chocolate”
Relationship Building
Valentine’s Day was spent inside and cozied up over this weekend in Minnesota. Our temperatures dipped well below zero and everyone had more than one reason to stay cuddled closed and under the covers. My excitement was changing the headlights on my car with freezing fingers and running into the grocery store while my breathContinue reading “Relationship Building”
Writing Resources
Writing Resources May the 4th be with you! Today, I just wanted to share another resource for writers. A long time ago there was once a small book that arrived in the mail with short stories and pages of resources for writers. It was the kind of catalog style book that you took too longContinue reading “Writing Resources”
Writer's Block Inc 