Writing Tips Wednesday: Romance, Structure, and the Meet Cute
carriejonesbooks So, for the last few weeks, I talked about hooking your readers, but now I’m moving on a bit to story structure and romantic elements of your story. The Meet…
August 2018
Don’t Let Things (Like Fear, Other People,Your Own Self) Hold You Back
Writing isn’t always easy. It isn’t always this beautiful, muse-induced utopia. Sometimes it’s grueling; it can make your nerves shatter. But the thing is that it’s not always THE WRITING…
Cooking With a Writer – Avocados Getting All Smoky in the Fajitas
So, still trying to be a vegetarian family out in the camping world… and still sort of failing. But this week, I made something I TOTALLY loved even if avocados…
Writing is a Place for Misfits and So is My Town aka Bar Harbor, Maine
One of my friends likes to say that everyone who stays in Bar Harbor is running away from something else. I always argue and say, “No. They are here because…
The Secret to Writing Good Stories
Interesting people and interesting stories don’t happen without a little worry and some pain. It’s about living through emotion, through the tear-soaked nights where you’re sweating over your existence. It’s…