Writers, Go With Your Gut and Bring Out the Big Emotion
carriejonesbooks A lot of the times that Carrie works with writers, she notices that they are pulling back from the emotion that is happening in the story. Instead of allowing the…
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Worst Case Scenarios are Bad For Your Heart and Good For Your Writing
Shaun used to call me, “WC,” because he is evil. No. Really. He called me that because I’m always thinking up the worst case scenario for every situation and planning…
Dealing With Failures, Quick Tips, Part Three
About 10 days ago, I posted on Facebook (Yes. I am still on Facebook. Don’t judge) about feeling like a failure. It wasn’t a big depression or anything clinical, although…
Dealing With Failure – Part One
We talk so much about the lack of civility in current culture, but there is also this great thirst to help, to care, to make a difference. And that matters.…
Writing Heroes That Don’t Suck – Dogs are Smarter Than People Podcast
Who do you root for? In your own life, this question is easy. We root for ourselves. A lot of the time we root for our friends, our family. We…