Do you need help developing your characters? Do they feel flat and one-dimensional? Sometimes reading about various personality types will give you ideas on more characteristics and complexities for your characters. Zodiac Signs Chinese Zodiac Signs Blood Type Personalities Myers-Briggs Personality Types Let me know which resource works best for you!
Need some movie ideas for the weekend? Here are five fun possibilities: 1. Clueless and Emma A classic. Do I need to say more? As if! 2. Ten Things I Hate About You and Taming of the Shrew Heath Ledger and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are together in a film that features music from Letters from Cleo and Savage Garden. It is a beautiful,…
I often need a "reward" to motivate me to write. I wrote all four of my completed manuscripts by promising myself a treat after finishing a chapter, writing 1,000 words, etc. Here are some ideas to get you typing: Purchase a new journal Buy new fountain pens Download a new book Throw a dance party…
I am excited to announce I have a post on Your Super Awesome Life about lessons from literary characers. Read it here: http://yoursuperawesomelife.com/blog/5-lessons-super-awesome-book-characters/
Here are three quick revision tips: 1) Read your writing out loud By reading your work out loud, you can tell if the writing flows and sounds natural. 2) Read your writing backwards By reading your writing backwards, you can better catch missing words, typos, and grammatical errors. It sounds strange, but it works! 3)…
1. Fun Movies Baz Lurhmann is admittedly one of my favorite directors; he is the king of blending the old with the new. In his version, he teamed up with Jay-Z to create a film with dazzling clothes from the 1920s but with a hip-hop infused soundtrack. As for the older version, there is Ralph…
Okay folks, true confession time! I am working on a novel, but I am not getting as much done as I would like. This is because of my fear of The Dreaded Blank Page (I strangely have the urge to insert a TM here). So I decided to avoid facing the blank page. How you…