Insecure Writers want to know: How has being a writer changed your experience as a reader?
It’s true. I can no longer just read to enjoy a story. It was in reading other stories that first helped me to create some of my own. When I …
Story Genius Writing Course: One Ticking Clock in Story
Crawling along in theStory Genius method formy college memoir. A story is one external problem that grows, escalates, and complicates from beginning to end, Lisa Cron says in our Story …
Insecure Writer’s Support Group asks: What writing rule do you wish you’d never heard?
Memoir must be told in story with all the story elements in place. But of course, everything must be true. And that’s why …
Storing Camping Equipment for the Season
We wrap the bed mattresses and dinette cushions in old clean sheets and store them flat, separate from the trailer. Happy New Year, Camping with Kids blog followers! We wish …
Insecure Writer’s Support Group asks: In terms of your writing career, where do you see yourself five years from now, and what’s your plan to get there?
If God is with me, this confounded memoir will be published and successful. To that end, I must trudge on with a redraft of my adventures in college showing why …
In Search of Old Bones in Colorado: Dinosaur National Monument
So I’m all about having our children learn something new when we go camping as a family. When we were out in Colorado, we discovered that there are national monuments …
Story Genius Course: Internal and External Plots
I’m still hammering away atthe Story Genius course. It trulyis a difficult but impressive wayto analyze your writing. Besides the constant thinking of “why does [anything and everything] matter to …
Insecure Writer’s Support Group: What is your favorite aspect of being a writer?
For me, I like creating new adventures to explore in my YA short stories. I like finding ways to get my kids—in the stories, in the stories!—into trouble. Of course, …
The Varied Landscapes of Colorado National Parks
A beautiful national park, but keep an eye on your children around cliff edges. Colorado is a fascinating state to visit. It boasts four National Parks with different landscapes: Rocky Mountains, …
Story Genius Course: Starting with Backstory
The Story Genius course startedas a book. Lisa Cron uses concretemethods to guide story creation. That’s right, fellow writers! Before you begin to write forward in your story, you need …