The internet is many things. Today I want to look at it through the lens of a creative artist. I am a writer, but this blog post could easily apply to any artist, craftsman, musician, or performer. The internet has given us access to so much information on how to improve our crafts. It opens […]
Last time on part Part 2, we talked about how Character and Setting give birth to Conflict, which is the “push” for our Character to move through the story. Now that we have our characters and our setting, and have a sense of what direction/goal they have (via Conflict), how do we move the characters […]
What makes a story? I propose that you can boil it all down to a couple things: Character, setting, conflict, scenes/action. A story is nothing more than a Character in a Setting. Conflict arises because that Character wants something that they don’t have (yet). Each Scene of your story has Action of some kind (be […]
So my wife got me thinking (as she often does): Why don’t I teach writing? My replies were: I would rather write than teach writing. I’m not a successful writer by my standards (i.e. I am not making a full-time living from my writing and as of this post I am only making beer money). […]
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