Happy Thanksgiving! In the spirit of this holiday, let all of us writers take this opportunity to write about the things we're grateful for, and why. Writing about why brings up memories that generate new ideas and stories. For example, I wrote, "I am thankful for Beth, who makes these newsletters possible." The memory that came up is about how much she helped me create the series of six free webinars: Using Scripting to Succeed in Your Writing and Your Life, during the worst of the lockdown
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Discovering a Different Perspective
Happy Friday! Continuing the process of completing the book, I moved things around as I described last week, and the story began to flow! Not only that, it allowed for a new scene where my character has to process the loss of her book. I found myself suddenly trapped in fear about exploring her reaction, and did what I always do when I get cornered: I went to the Housing Works on Columbus Avenue because they have great books and I trust the randomity of a thrift shop, where every
Rewriting and Perseverance
I feel like a blacksmith banging out horseshoes by hand – each shoe a word being hammered into something a horse could comfortably wear. Deep into my rewrite, I reached a structural impasse this week that took me three days to resolve, and I’m sharing the process of solving the problem to hopefully save you some heavy lifting if you find yourself stuck at a similar spot. The problem was that the story suddenly came to a standstill at the end of act 1, and lost its rhythm. I
Don’t get it right…
Happy Friday, As promised, I have photos of my first tango Halloween party. Like the old song, Somewhere Over the Rainbow goes, “Sometimes dreams really do come true.” In my various classes and private sessions, the recurrent theme of time and suspense occurred in each project. The job of the writer is to make the story feel as if it’s actually happening before the audience’s eyes. To accomplish this, the writer must create both a context in which the story can believably
