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Quick Skills: NaNoWriMo Scene Starter Infographic

By on October 30, 2012 in 1. Discover your story, 2. Create Your Story, 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, Action and ReAction Scenes, b. Building a Scene, Encourage Me!, How do I start my Scene?, Quick Skills, Story Crafting, Susan May Warren

Sally asked me for a Scene Starter Graphic to help her as she builds her scenes for NaNoWriMo.  If you haven’t joined the MBT WriMo Celebration yet, sign up for the fun, support and prizes at: http://www.mybooktherapy.com/mbt-wrimo-2012/! Hope the Infographic helps! (Right click on link below to download the graphic) Infographic Page 1 Page 2 Page 3                                                                    

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Conversations: Preparing for NaNoWriMo

By on October 29, 2012 in 1. Discover your story, 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, 7. Search by Author:, b. Building a Scene, Brainstorming Strategies and Tips, Susan May Warren, Truth or Dare: Conversations with an aspiring novelist

“NaNoWriMo?  National Novel Writing Month?  Oh please, don’t ask me to write a novel in a month. I’m sorry, it’s just too overwhelming.” Sally took a sip of her mint dark chocolate cocoa, looking at me as if I’d asked her to run Grandma’s marathon. Tomorrow.  “No.  Forget it.” “You’re about half-way in, right?  And overwhelmed?  And you’ve learned so much. What about setting this book aside and simply jumping in with a new one with all you’ve learned.  Or maybe, just committing to finishing this one. Technically, NaNoWriMo is about finishing a new story, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take the principles and apply it to a current story and finish it. I’ll even help you prepare for it.” “55 thousand words in a month…?”  She took another, […]

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Conversations: Build the foundation of a great scene

By on October 15, 2012 in b. Building a Scene, Editing Basics, How do I start my Scene?, How do I write Tension?, Susan May Warren, Truth or Dare: Conversations with an aspiring novelist, writing tension

Sally was waiting for me as I walked into the coffee shop.  The fallen leaves chased me inside and Kathy handed me a spicy pumpkin latte, with whip and a layer of caramel.  I sat down at the table and couldn’t help note the frown on Sally’s face. “What?” “It’s just boring.”  Her hand rested on a stack of printed manuscript papers. “I mean, the story is good…in my head. But it seems to lack…well, let’s put it this way; my husband fell asleep somewhere between page 87 and 103.” “Oh my,” I said, sipping the latte.  Just the right balance of whipped crème sweetness and pumpkin pie spice.  “So, what do you think is the problem?” “He says I have a great story, with great storyworld and fun dialogue and even […]

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Don’t be overwhelmed: A game plan of what to do after a writers’ conference!

By on September 25, 2012 in 3. Publish your Story, 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, Encourage Me!, General Topics, House Calls, Susan May Warren, Writing Conferences

Are you home from the ACFW conference?  Finally unpacked?  I hope you came home filled with encouragement and new ideas on how to make your writing breathtaking. I came home to a clean house and smiling sons.  Nice! Conferences can be overwhelming, between the requests for proposals or full manuscripts, new story ideas, craft lessons, marketing epiphanies and loads of new friends.  Don’t be overwhelmed.  Here’s a game plan of what to do after a writers’ conference: Organize your contacts: Sit down a make a list of everyone you met, from editors to fellow authors, to newbies. Reach out:  If they are editors or agents who gave you their time, even in an elevator to listen to your proposal, thank them.  If they asked you for a submission, thank them and tell them that you’ll be […]

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