The DNA of your Story: How to Pitch Your Story in a Sentence
…and can work as an infinitely expandable map and plan. From one sentence you can expand your idea into a paragraph, page, a full treatment, and eventually a rough draft….
…and can work as an infinitely expandable map and plan. From one sentence you can expand your idea into a paragraph, page, a full treatment, and eventually a rough draft….
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…is querying two. When she is not in her office writing about comedy, terraformed planets, multiple personalities, stolen pinwheels, and Irish folklore, she is hanging with her awesome tech-savvy hubby,…
…talking about our feelings, about our friendships and our parenting and our worries. And of course, we talked about our characters, our plots and how to develop our writing skills….
…straight dollars and sense. However, my social media promotions allowed me to build an audience of people anxious for my next book, my website gets a decent amount of traffic,…
…such as blurbs, reviews, testimonials, and awards. Today, we’ll focus on writing contests, so that you can pursue the claim of being an “award-winning author.” Or even better, “multi-award-winning author!”…
…shouldn’t. Adding structure can actually be freeing. In one famous experiment, preschool children were observed playing at a playground without a fence around it, and later the same children were…
…of his insights about short stories, as well as adding a few of my own. This week I’ll be preparing the soil, so to speak, by busting some myths and…
…but I wanted to address them for a couple of reasons. First, they are super-important. And second, I believe that all writers can be awesome at both at the creative…
…biggest a-ha moment on the way to publication? [Constance] My a-ha moment came after years spent working with three different professional editors, published authors, and mentors—of course, one of those…