Don’t Make Your Setting A Stereotype; Writing Tip Wednesday
carriejonesbooks A lot of people love where they live or where they visit, but that doesn’t mean that they can write well about that place or include that town/city/cruiseship in an…
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Writing Tip Wednesday – WRITING IMMORTALS
Immortals. A lot of us writers who dabble or write full-out fantasy or science fiction deal with these little devils. But what does it mean to be immortal? And what…
Facing Your Fear
This past weekend was sort of scary. Carrie’s worst case scenario of presenting happened. She was scheduled to give a four-hour seminar on public image, but when she arrived the…
Be the Flamingo of Change, Writers. Kindness Matters.
There’s this Buzzfeed article , or Listicle, that gives moments where people were kind to strangers. Gasp! I know, right? Kind to actual strangers? And we talk about this in…
What Makes A Story Memorable; Tips for Beginning Writers.
Here’s our biggest tip for beginning writers. Ask yourself this question: What makes a story memorable? It’s change. It’s how the hero of the story enters that story with something…