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Four Keys to a Writer’s Life

By on January 2, 2008 in Story Crafting, Writer's life

You’re back! *grin* Okay, fellow writers, then let’s get busy. Today, as we prep for our journey, I want you to start exercising! We’re going to get in shape! Work off the dust of our minds, and tighten the flab of our daily schedules so we can utilize the writing time we have our days. Writing is much like every other discipline. There are four keys to a successful writer’s life: It takes commitment, (after all, as much as we’d like it to happen, those books don’t just download from our brains automatically!), it takes nurturing (did you know that your brain has a well of words for each day, and you need to replenish those words after you use them?), it takes time, (something we’re going to figure out […]

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Learn to Write a Novel in 2008!

By on January 1, 2008 in Story Crafting, Writer's life

We all have goals, right? Dreams, desires, things that have been niggling at us for years. For writers, it’s the dream of writing a novel. You’re a writer if every time you hear an interesting job description, read a compelling story in the newspaper, you think, hey, that would make an interesting premise for a novel. Well, this is the year to make that happen. Every week on Book Therapy we’ll be studying another aspect in storytelling – taking the “Heroes Journey” and breaking it down into bite-sized pieces for you to chew on and put in your Heroes Journey notebook. When we’re done, you should have the elements of how to write a great novel. Every Friday, we’re going to put those lessons into action by offering exercises—and asking […]

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Spend a Year with a Hero!

By on December 28, 2007 in Uncategorized

Take the week off, fellow writers! But be sure to stop by on January 1st, when we start our new Year Long event – A Year with a Hero! We’ll be studying The Hero’s Journey, step by painful, exciting, epic step, from premise to characterization, to plotting, to the not-so-saggy middle, the black moment, epiphany and much, much more! We’ll dissect scenes and even help you with your own exhilarating WIP! Take advantage of our weekly exercises, post your excerpts and get feedback to take your novel from everyday to Epic! Look for weekly chats on problem spots and even an occasional podcast! Spend a year with Hero…(After all, who doesn’t need a good man in their life?) See you in the New Year! Happy Holidays from Rachel and Susie, […]

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Picks: Brad Whittington’s Welcome to Fred

By on December 21, 2007 in Featured Fiction

I’ve known Brad, at a distance, for a few years. He’s a fun, albeit quirky guy, the good kind of quirky, with a sparkle in his eye, capturing the oddities of life. I’ve had his book, Welcome to Fred, for awhile and finally settled down to read it. It’s a first person account of Mark, a PK (preacher’s kid) and his adolescent journey. After living in Ohio for four years, his father takes a church in Fred, Texas. Mark is definitely out of step with his long hair, bell bottoms and beads in this farming, cowboy, jeans-wearing town. While feeling like a misfit throughout most of the book, Mark adapts, makes friends and discovers life. Whittington has a great voice. A true first person storyteller with lovely writing and the […]

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