Secondary Characters in Fiction or Memoir #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
Because memoirists can’t change what happened and who is involved in the particular memoir slice of life story they are telling, it’s all about what they choose to show the …
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 …
Story Genius Writing Course: The Origin Scene
Sometimes I feel so small in revision. If you think about it, all stories begin with relevant backstory. For just as real people deal with the present based on their …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Intense New Writing Course: Story Genius with Lisa Cron and Jennie Nash
It’s time for a new draft of my memoir about attending college as a mother of five. I’ve been tweaking and revising the same version, but I think I need …