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The Key to a Successful Year Part Three: Setting Your Pace

By on January 21, 2012 in Life Coaching

Last week we discussed jump starting your career as a writer. Hopefully, you connected the battery cables and now have lots of juice flowing through your creative mind. So what’s next? You’re ready to kick things into high gear and pump those fingers toward the finish line. But then you realize how far away the prize actually is and wonder how you’ll be able to run that marathon. The key is to pace yourself. And the only way you will be able to do that is to be honest about your limitations, weaknesses and imperfections. Our minds create all sorts of “necessary” diversions, designed to sabotage our efforts. For example, while writing this article, several things ran through my mind, any one of which could have sidelined my progress. I […]

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Fabulous Friday Fiction: The Shadow Of Your Smile

By on January 20, 2012 in Featured Book, Featured Fiction, Featured Fiction Fridays

A beautiful blanket of snow may cover the quaint town of Deep Haven each winter, but it can’t quite hide the wreckage of Noelle and Eli Hueston’s marriage. After twenty-five years, they’re contemplating divorce . . . just as soon as their youngest son graduates from high school. But then an accident erases part of Noelle’s memory. Though her other injuries are minor, she doesn’t remember Eli, their children, or the tragedy that has ripped their family apart. What’s more, Noelle is shocked that her life has turned out nothing like she dreamed it would. As she tries to regain her memory and slowly steps into her role as a wife and mother, Eli helps her readjust to daily life with sometimes-hilarious, sometimes-heartwarming results. But can she fall in love […]

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The Noble Quest Up Close and Personal

By on January 19, 2012 in Protagonists: The Basics, Rachel Hauck, Story Crafting, The Hero's Journey Simplified, What is the Noble Cause?

We’ve been talking Character creation a bit here on MBT, in the Team Member Forum, as well as on the site, and while talking with my Mentee the other day, we were trying to flesh out her heroine’s Noble Quest. What does she want? What is this story about? What journey does she embark upon? This is an essential part of the Hero/Heroine’s journey that is key to the story. My mentee’s first response was, “Well, she wants to start a clinic for children.” Great goal. Very noble. But that’s not the heroines real Noble Quest. The clinic, if she accomplishes her dream, is the end result of the Noble Quest. It is her specific, measurable and realistic goal. (and if you can add a time-sensitive element to it, it […]

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TEE Recommends: 5 Resources for Polishing Your Writing Contest Entry

By on January 18, 2012 in Special Teams

Can you hear it? Take your hands off your keyboards for moment and listen … that’s the sound of thousands of writers muttering to themselves, “It is contest time again … contest time …” Think MBT Frasier. ACFW Genesis. And the hundreds of other writing contests sponsored by other writing groups and blogs. Writers are zeroing in on hooks. Heroines. Heroes. Villains. Dialogue. Storyworld. But today I’m fast-forwarding to that final draft, that last bit of polish and shine. (Don’t you wish it were possible?) When you run your editorial fingers through your manuscript one last time, do you even consider fine-tuning your mechanics? Most writing contests have a category rating your spelling, punctuation and grammar skills. And even if mechanics isn’t an actual category, submitting a contest entry without typos, […]

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