Rey Clark's Blog
August 4, 2020
Make Your Field of Dreams a Reality
"If you build it; they will come"Survive COVID Make Your Field of Dreams a RealityLike everyone on the planet, my life has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic in several different ways including the effect on book sales. Not everyone has been adversely impacted but many authors are experiencing a downward trend in book sales. This is the result of people who are scared to spend money right now and conventions and events canceled. The unknown future for the economy and job security has
July 16, 2020
Plot Point 7: Setting a Writing Schedule
Plot a Course to Novel SuccessPlot Point 7: Setting a Writing ScheduleExclusive Content Available on YouTubeMuch of what most writing advice implies is to develop and research an idea and they put pen to paper and start writing that rough draft. Everybody has a method of writing and no one is right or wrong. The previous sessions were to show writers must develop an idea and I think that���s what most people want to learn.Where to I start? For most writers they don���t start with writing the
July 7, 2020
Dusk Summary (New Release on Amazon August 14, 2020)
New Release ComingDusk (Book One of the Runemaster Saga)Dusk, the first book in the Runemaster Saga is a historical fantasy set in 1940���s Chicago.The book opens on December 7, 1941 the day Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese.Before the attack the US tried not to get involved, but that moment was the turning point which pushed the US to declare war.Throughout the books you���ll find actual historical transcripts from radio announcements, FDR���s war declaration speech and Eleanor
July 2, 2020
Mid-Year Progress Report
Mid-Year Progress ReportDusk ��� Book 1 in the Runemaster SagaA historical urban fantasy set in Chicago during World War II. Mira discovers that her life isn���t as ordinary as she thought. There is hidden supernatural underbelly policed by an organization of immortal beings. The things that go bump in the night.Teasers for this book release are right around the corner. The book is currently in the beta reader phase and expected to be completed by the end of July.The prequel novelette is
July 1, 2020
Plot Point 6.1: Structuring Scenes
Plot a Course to Novel SuccessPlot Point 6.1: Structuring ScenesExclusive Content on YouTubeIf you identify slow areas of the outline, then those can be fixed by considering speeding up the pace with one of the above options that working within the context of the plot.The basic progressing of a scene is like a plot.��Just think of a scene as a mini-plot ��� Goal ��� Conflict ��� DisasterThe structure of a scene is essentially the relationship between Cause Effect.�� The important thing to
June 25, 2020
Plot Point 6: Outline Pacing Your Story
Plot a Course to Novel SuccessPlot Point 6: Outline Pacing Your StorySubscribe of YouTube for Exclusive ContentThink of the writing process as pieces. Letters make up words, a group of words creates a sentence, a string of sentences make a paragraph, several paragraphs build a scene and a series of scenes make a story.Outlining a plot is the next step to writing a story.Once each individual plotline is mapped, then it���s time to weave them together.�� Look to see if there are clear
June 17, 2020
Plot Point 5: Plotting Your Story
Plot a Course to Novel SuccessPlot Point 5: Plotting Your StorySubscribe on YouTube for Exclusive ContentEstablishing plots for each of the main characters in your story makes the plot lines are much deeper, and the characters are more realistic.�� Be sure to create tension among the characters even if they are on the same side.�� In real life, we don���t always get along.�� There can be an external conflict between characters or internal conflict within one character.�� Even the setting can
June 11, 2020
Plot Point 4: Creating Dynamic Characters
Plot a Course To Novel SuccessPlot Point 4: Creating Dynamic CharactersSubscribe on YouTube for Exclusive ContentCharacters are the life blood of the story and most readers enjoy books with vibrant and realistic characters. The people breath life into the story and to do that they have to be well conceived three-dimensional characters. That means they are more than an outward appearance. Characters have hopes and dreams, life experience which shape their personalities, goals and motivations,
June 3, 2020
Plot Point 3: Planning Your Book Setting
Plot a Course to Novel SuccessPlot Point 3: Book SettingBegin the process of developing the main settings for your book. Set the stage up for a characters by creating a vivid background full of realistic description.
May 28, 2020
Plot Point 2: Book Research and Fantasy World Building
Plot a Course to Novel SuccessPlot Point 2: Book Research and Fantasy World BuildingLearn how to research your book idea and start expanding that idea. Learn how to world build a fantasy setting.
