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Write What You Don't Want to Know About Yourself
Suleika Jaouad writes memoirs. She came to writing the way none of us would willingly choose—from a hospital bed, at 22, while being treated for leukemia. She's not a screenwriter,...
5 Ways To Step Up Your Writing Game (That Have Nothing To Do With Plotting):
By Jennifer Graeser Dornbush If you’re looking for tips on how to craft the perfect red herring or outline your Act III climax… this isn’t that post. This one’s for the working wri...
On Writing
“First drafts are for learning what your story is about.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Keep Your Darlings
By Anna Vodicka In a famous University of Cambridge lecture, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch instructed young writers: “Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally...
On Writing
“Every scene should be able to answer three questions: “Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don’t get it? Why now?”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Letter To My Pre-pubbed Self
This morning I stared at the cursor blinking on my computer screen as I worked on my current manuscript. I’m at the point where that little voice is yelling, “What makes you think...
On Writing
“Once in a while a piece comes out whole and reads well from beginning to end, but more often than not it is a prolonged agonizing…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Why the Best Writing Advice Is Often the Weirdest
“Three six five,” a new collection of writing exercises, belongs to a venerable tradition of goofy, esoteric, and avant-garde guides to unlocking the creative mind.
On Writing
“People may or may not say what they mean… but they always say something designed to get what they want.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
How to Not Write
“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.” By Marjie Alonso Nearly four years ago I decided to learn to write. I found courses o...
Screenwriting 101: Dennis Lehane
START WITH CHARACTERS: “The plot is just the vehicle by which the characters are revealed. You create a bunch of characters and let them…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
How to Write When You’re Feeling Stuck
If you focus on writing a thousand words a day, you won’t feel overwhelmed by the fact that you’ve been trapped in a submarine for the past year and a half.
On Writing
“That faith if you put the bad, easy version of a scene on the page, the good version will come tomorrow. That’s writing.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
On Writing
“If I’m not writing for the audience, if I’m not writing to make it easier for them, then who the hell am I doing it for? And the way you…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Fix a Bad Scene by Looking at These Things
Wade Patterson is a cinematographer, writer, and producer who recently shared his experience making shorts and features with Film Courage. His projects include Death Cipher and the...
On Writing
“A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
3 Writing Techniques Every Screenwriter Should Use
Whether you’re drafting your very first short screenplay or you’re a seasoned veteran with half a dozen features under your belt, the time will always come for feedback on your wri...
On Writing
“Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
That Bluebird on Your Shoulder: Why Writing Prompts Are So Darn Powerful
Our brains want to sink into predictability. Don’t let it happen. By Dinty W. Moore As a writer, you’ve probably fielded the question more than once, “Really, where do you get your...
Mojo Words of Wisdom
Have you ever lost your writing mojo? Have you been blocked, overwhelmed by self-doubt, or felt your motivation to write vanish? If so, today’s Words of Wisdom has you covered with...
Words of Wisdom: Risk
Risk. Your characters have to risk in order to get what they want. Perhaps everything. Writers need to risk failure when they write the next story or book, and when they attempt to...
Writing as Spellcasting
Writer Mandy Len Catron finally finished a book proposal she began in 2019. A publisher liked it, but was hesitant to proceed because of similar books on the market. Then someone a...
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