The Owl Lady
Demotivational Posters for Writers
Originally posted on Tara Sparling writes:
Following on from last week’s post, which made us all envision a team of fresh-faced enthusiastic writers, chucked into the lion’s den that is a London hedge fund, I found myself wondering what their office would be like. Would it be a triumph of modernist minimalism, all glass and chrome,…
1000 Word Sprint Winner Profiles: 1st Place: Amanda Ruehle
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
What goes on inside the writerly mind? Let’s sit down with our 1000 Word Sprint Contest winners and see what’s up. (Click HERE to read the stories.) TODAY: 1st place winner Amanda Ruehle Amanda Ruehle was born in Albuquerque, NM, and now resides in the great, green area of the…
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Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
I thought it was too easy. A week of long, fraught hours, early starts and late finishes, coupled with some bug or other to sap my remaining energy, ended with technical glitches… and, just for good measure, the internet went down too. By the time I got…
Plot Point 1 In The Context Of The Story Arc
Originally posted on Kristina Stanley:
You’re heading into Act II of writing or editing your novel. So how are you going to keep readers engaged? You need a great plot point to drive them forward. ? In an earlier post, I talked about the inciting incident in the context of a story arc. Today we’ll…
The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor @cjtudor @MichaelJBooks
Originally posted on bytheletterbookreviews:
Book Description: You can feel it in the woods, in the school and in the playground; you can feel it in the houses and at the fairground. You can feel it in most places in the small town of Anderbury . . . the fear that something or someone is watching…