Susie’s son Pete had his first football practice yesterday. He’s only been waiting 7 months, working out nearly every day, lifting weights, running, watching football, analyzing plays. If there was ever a kid who had football in his blood, it’s her 13 year old. Next year he’ll be eligible for the High School team and then the fun really begins. Until then, he has big dreams of impressing his coach. “I did well today,” he said when Suz picked him up from school. “I’m not as fast out of the snap as I want to be, but I make up for it with speed.” She could see his wheels turning, trying to figure this out in his mind. “Except, if I go too fast, the coach will put me in […]
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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
First Day of School…what have I missed?
Hey — my kids went back to school today! I feel…sane. Which means the fog has cleared and I’m left wondering, where are we in the Heroes Journey! I went through all the past blog posts since January and recategorized them according to subject…so, for example, if you’re looking for information on creating heroes — yes! you just click “archives” and find the “heroes” category! or, writing tension — again, click on “archives” and you’ll find….TENSION! Hope that helps. But, let’s press on! Over the past eight months, we’ve covered: Act 1: Departure: The protagonist is separated from the known Hero’s Home World Call to Adventure (inciting incident) Weighing the Options (Refusing the Call) Starting the Journey (Crossing the Threshold) Act 2: Initiation: The protagonist is tested, and grows […]
Read the RestThe Bomb in the Body: a lesson on Subplots
Okay, raise your hand out there if you watch ER or Grey’s Anatomy. It’s okay, no one can see you. And, not like I’m raising MY hand or anything, but hypothetically, let’s just say that if you are familiar with these particular medical (and I’m using that term a bit freely) dramas, then you know that they are really big long soap operas. Greys is, essentially, the on again, off again, hopefully on again (not that I would know) romance of Dr. Derrick McDreamy and Dr. Meredith Grey. Inside all this romance are the daily (read: episodic) events of a hospital in Seattle. What makes Grey’s kinda cute are the running monologues of the lead heroine, the thematic nuances she puts into the story, usually centered around the events of […]
Read the RestLayers verses Subplots – the truth exposed
One of my favorite teeny-bop movies is Chasing Liberty. Aside from the theme of the story – trying to keep a teenage girl (incidentally the president’s daughter) from misbehaving (if you know what I mean), it’s a cute story about the dilemma of a secret service agent to not fall in love with his assignment. Embedded in this tale is another tale – the romance of two secret service agents tracking above mentioned duo. Their story is what makes this movie such a delight – their banter, their eventual romance, their happy ending. It’s this extra story in a story that that gives the movie the extra sparkle that takes it from teeny-bop to good-enough-for-grownups. In short, the Subplot makes the movie. This week we’re going to talk about Subplots […]
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