Category: writing

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    From last Monday: I’m on “staycation” this week. As far as my writing, here are some things I promise myself to do with my extra time this week: For NaNoWriMo next month, I promise to do practice writing sprints every day. I will work on my current WIPs. Also for NaNo, I will further develop…

  • Ideas for Organizing Your Writing Space

    Ideas for Organizing Your Writing Space

    Looking for some ways to organize your writing space? Let me share how I organize my writing files digitally. I create a folder called WRITING. Within that folder, I have three sub-folders: Writing ProjectsIn this sub-folder, I create a sub-folder for each current writing project I’m working on. This has really helped me have a…

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    I enjoy a writing group I joined on Facebook. It’s a small group, only 20 or so, and it’s focused on supporting each other during this year’s NaNoWriMo. For a while, I’ve always thought being a part of a small group on social media is a great way for people to support each other. Whether…

  • Story Structure: Harmon’s Plot Embryo

    Story Structure: Harmon’s Plot Embryo

    I’ve already talked about Harmon’s Plot Embryo. It’s the most visited page on my blog. Just to review, here are the story structures I’ve posted about recently: 3-Act Structure 7-Point Structure Hero’s Journey Freytag’s Pyramid Snowflake Method Harmon’s Embryo

  • Story Structure: The Snowflake Method

    Story Structure: The Snowflake Method

    This is my favorite. Read more about Randy Ingermanson’s Snowflake Method here. Photo by Egor Kamelev from Pexels

  • Story Structure: Freytag’s Pyramid

    Story Structure: Freytag’s Pyramid

    Read more about this story structure here. Photo by Castorly Stock from Pexels

  • Story Structure: Hero’s Journey

    Story Structure: Hero’s Journey

    This is a classic. Here’s a beautiful graphic from StoryboardThat. Photo by Klaus Nielsen from Pexels

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    I’m doing word sprints in preparation for NaNoWriMo. Yes, I’m training like an athlete trains for a race. In this case, I sit in my chair, set my phone for 20 minutes and write non-stop on my WIP (not my NaNoWriMo project). If you think about it, isn’t this a great way to write a…

  • Story Structure: 7 Point Story Structure

    Story Structure: 7 Point Story Structure

    Another story structure you can use: