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We have faces and names!

By on February 16, 2009 in Hero, Heroes, Heroine, Heroines, Protagonists: The Basics, Story Crafting, Want to see a book in Action? Read the Blog-a-Book Series

Our hero looks like….Dylan Bruno! (And if you ever want to see this actor in action, check him out on Numbers, Friday nights!) His name is…Luke. I love that name. Jaxon and Caleb came in close seconds…which means, if we can, we’ll use those names for secondary characters. =). Our heroine looks like: Isla Fisher! (If you’re wondering where you’ve seen her face before…check out the new Shopaholic movie!) And her name will be…MacKenzie! We’ll have to see if our hero ends up calling her Mac..or Kenzie…or…??? Mia came in second…she sounds like a good friend for MacKenzie. So, so there we have it….faces, and names for our hero and heroine! In the meantime, don’t forget to hop over to Club Book Therapy and add your VOICE to the Inciting […]

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What do they look like? Pick the faces and names of our lead characters!

By on February 11, 2009 in Want to see a book in Action? Read the Blog-a-Book Series

We’ve finally reached the place were we get to choose what our hero and heroine look like!  We’ve had a lively discussion the last couple weeks on Voices, and I went through and listed all the heroes and heroine suggestions — great suggestions!   However, we could pick from ten, so I picked ten of each.  If you want to look back at the bios of our hero and heroine before you vote, go here. Then, pick their names. Again, I took these from our discussion. When you’re done don’ t forget to stop by Voices and add your ideas for the Inciting Incident and the Epiphany!  (look for the discussions:  Lies vs. Truth, and Inciting Incident) Vote! Every Voice counts. (Keep scrolling — there are four polls!) Online Surveys & Market Research […]

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We have a story!

By on February 10, 2009 in Want to see a book in Action? Read the Blog-a-Book Series

The Actress and the Park Ranger! What, you didn’t like my talk show/teacher idea?  Aw, my poor banjo-playing history teacher.  But onward we go with our everyday Park Ranger hero, and our Celebrity!  We have a few more elements to create before we can draft our story summary, and figure out the key points of the story… First – we need to figure out the hero and heroine’s spiritual epiphany.  This is different than the black moment, which is all about their fears.  The spiritual epiphany is what they experience shortly before or after the black moment, and it’s what the story is leading up to.  So, to discover what the spiritual epiphany in, we need to look back into their past, and figure out what event or situation affected […]

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From the Inside….Out: discover, create and publish the novel in you!

By on February 9, 2009 in From the Inside...Out, Want to see a book in Action? Read the Blog-a-Book Series

I’m so excited to announce that….I wrote a writing book!! I’ve been wanting to do this for a few years now, a response to so many of the basic, but essential questions that participants in my beginning writer’s workshops ask.  How you do you plot?  How you develop characters?  How you do you pitch a book?  What goes into a scene?  How do I craft a black moment? And can you help me do it? Yes!  And, it doesn’t have to be overwhelming!  I believe that writing a book doesn’t have to be agonizing, that it can come from your heart, and still be put inside a framework of proven storytelling.  And this book, my method of looking inside for your plot and characters, teaches you how. Here’s a little […]

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