Write with Chrys Fey Guest Post
Today, I’m sharing my Adventures in Writing blog with a good friend and fellow writer from InsecureWriters Support Group, a knowledgeable and helpful group of writers. Chrys Fey has a …
Insecure Writers Want to Know: What’s Harder to Create: Book Titles or Character Names?
For me, I’d have to say that book titles or short story titles are more difficult to create. Titles are the nicknames of story …
Time for a Story: How to Don a Swimsuit Inside a Sweltering Tent Trailer
Oh sure, it’s easy to put on a bathing suit at home, in the privacy of your own room, with the air-conditioning on. Did you …
Going Beneath the Surface in Story #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
To go beneath the surface in your story, or shall we say beneath the plot, the writer needs to ask why what happens in the plot matters to the protagonist …
Time for a Story: A Mother Can’t Play Favorites; or Can She?
A mother should never play favorites with her children. My mother had instilled this concept in me after the birth of my second child and continued to remind me …
Insecure Writers Want to Know: Does Spring Inspire You to Write More Than in Other Seasons?
Ah spring, the awakening of nature! Or is it more a rebirth of creation? Writers, as well as other artists, create. If we think in terms of creation, writers …
What is the Aha Moment in Fiction or Memoir #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
Lisa Cron, in her Story Genius course, states that your protagonist’s “aha moment” near the end of your novel is when the protagonist finally overcomes her misbelief. This is where your …
Insecure Writers Want to Know: When your writing life is filled with rain, What do you do to dig down and keep writing?
Please understand that any time I’m struggling with my writing, it pours. Thunder and lightning included. Hail, many times. I mean the storm clouds just won’t leave me alone. My …
Home: The Return of the Lees Family Across the Country
Eastward, ho! After a month-long adventure, mostly on the west coast of the United States of America, the Lees troops headed for New Jersey and home. We drove back, as …
The Transformational Arc of the Protagonist in Fiction or Memoir #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
In fiction or memoir, the story needs to be about the protagonist taking the reader through an arc of change and letting the reader feel that experience, feel that change …