Boiling the Story Down for a Synopsis #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
I’ve been trying to condense my college memoir story into two double-spaced pages for a synopsis. Not an easy thing to do, as many of you realize. How could …
Insecure Writers Want to Know: The Benefits of Being a Writer Who Reads vs. a Writer Who Doesn’t
I tried to simplify this month’s question a little in my blog post title. IWSG’s question is: It’s been said that the benefits of becoming a writer who does …
Universal Themes in Memoir or Fiction #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
Universal themes in story can start out as statements. Love conquers all. Order leads to harmony. Heroes are always right. Loyalty to family is absolute. Universal themes are understood …
Insecure Writers Want to Know: If you could pick one place in the world to sit and write your next story, where would it be and why?
If I could chose any place to sit and write my next story or the revision of my memoir, it would need to be somewhere my family can’t find me. …
Characters Look for Acceptance #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
Just as real people want to be accepted by others, either into various communities or accepted by one special person, so too do our characters wish to be accepted …
What personal traits have you written into your character(s)? Insecure Writers Want to Know
Memoir aside, the biggest traits I offer my characters are a love of nature and adventure. Now these traits can be good or bad for characters depending upon the …
Endowing Your Characters with Traits to Solve Story Tension #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
The characters you create need to be given certain knowledge or abilities in order to solve the story tension. Whether characters need to conquer …
Insecure Writers Want to Know: Of all the genres you read and write, which is your favorite to write in and why?
I love to read both memoir and fiction. I enjoy discovering the insight provided by the memoirist when she makes her point in the slice of life story she is …
Make Your Characters Vulnerable #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
I’m 100 pages into my memoir about attending college as a mother of five and at the point where I’ve won a scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania and am …
Insecure Writers Want to Know: What was an early experience where you learned that language had power?
For me, it was simple. I was a communications and English major at college. This particular community college didn’t have a journalism degree at the time. Once I became …