I hope you’re all busy thinking up noble causes for your hero! A note aside…if you are ever in need of a noble cause, turn into American Idol (yes, we’re Idol Fans around here! Oh, how we’ve missed Simon. And my kids revived…”It’s just not good, dog,” last night. It’s oh so useful! Think: A mother surveying her child’s room: It’s just not good, dog. Or, a child picking at their oatmeal, “It’s just not good, dog.” See, lots of great uses!) American Idol, aside from its cringing moments, is chock full of people with noble causes. Behind every wannabe performer, there is a great reason why they want to be on stage and the next idol. From broken homes, to ailing children, to mothers they want to impress…you name […]
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About Susan May Warren
Former Russian Missionary Susan May Warren is the best-selling author of more than 40 novels and novellas with Tyndale, Barbour and Steeple Hill, and Summerside. A Christy award and RITA winner, and multiple finalist for the RITA, Christy and winner of Inspirational Readers Choice contest, Susan currently has over a million books in print. A seasoned women’s events speaker and writing teacher, she is the founder of http://www.mybooktherapy.com an online community for writers, and runs a fiction editing service teaching writers how to tell a great story. Visit her online at: http://www.susanmaywarren.com.Author Archive | Susan May Warren
Noble Cause! How to create a Heart-throb Hero!
Every book has to have one, a great hero who leaps off the page and into our hearts! Think of your favorites: Braveheart, or maybe Robin Hood? Maybe it’s simpler: Hugh Grant in Notting Hill. Whoever your favorite heroes are, they all have the same elements that make them heroic. For the next four weeks in Book Therapy, we’ll be talking about our HERO – and the 4 elements that make up a Heart-Throb Hero! So, what are the elements of a winning hero? The first one is…our hero must have a Noble Cause. I know, I know – everyone who attends my writing workshops knows that I’m a big Noble Cause kind of girl, that I sing the same song. But listen, every hero has something to fight for! […]
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Yay, I love games! Especially WORD games. (Monopoly and Risk, not so much) We’re going to take everything we learned this week, and all the practice we did, and play a game! Remember on Tuesday I posted three premises for you to guess: She just wants to prove that she can be a Pulitzer-prize winning writer. He wants to be at the top executive at his ad agency. But when two high achievers are thrown together to achieve their own goals, they just might discover that falling in love is the greatest prize of all. Answer: How to lose a Guy in 10 days She gave up on her future, believing her true love dead, and agreed to marry a king. But when her fiancé returns, ready to fight for […]
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Let’s get dirty… I have three brave souls willing to go under the Doc’s knife today to benefit us all – I feel like we’re on Greys, sitting in the observation gallery as McDreamy carves into a brain… Except, well, I’m not McDreamy. I’m more of the new woman Cardiothroasic surgeon…except everyone hates her, and I really don’t want to be hated…. So, bad example. Let’s just look at the premises… Premise 1: It’s the roaring twenties and Evie Kimball bucks a life of wealth and privilege for big dreams and true love. Naively believing she can have it all, Evie leaves her true love waiting in the wings and sets off for the bright lights of Broadway. As the Great Depression envelopes New York, Evie returns home ready to […]
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