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Be Your Own Casting Director: 4 Methods of Character Casting

If you’re not someone who is “into” character casting or even that much into writing the physical descriptions of characters, you may be wondering: Why Worry About Looks? After all, we’re writing stories, not casting a movie or play. Right, but see, here’s the thing: too little description can leave readers struggling to connect while […]

Character Development for Visually Oriented Writers; or, Be Your Own Casting Director

Does your computer monitor look anything like this? . Do you have a wall or bulletin board �in your house like this? . Do you get a story idea and immediately start one of these? . Do you have files on your computer like this? . Have you ever sneaked a photo of a complete […]

Colossal Cleanout – Weekend #3

Well . . . not much got done on Colossal Cleanout Weekend #2 (last weekend) what with my local writers group meeting and Thor and all. I have Saturday plans again this weekend, but I’m scheduling the rest of my time on Saturday and Sunday carefully—because I’ve got a lot of work to do if […]

The difference between writing and WRITING

For the past week or so, unlike the several months before, I’ve been writing every day. Every single day, I’ve produced words in sentences and paragraphs and typed them into a Word document. And it’s been mentally draining and exhausting. Because I haven’t been writing fiction or anything fun like that. I’ve been writing and […]

Fun Friday: Netflix, Binge Watching, Thor, and the Colossal Cleanout

In the wake of yesterday’s announcement that Blockbuster will be closing the rest of their brick-and-mortar movie rental storefronts, I thought I’d confess that I represent one of the main reasons why movie-rental stores like this are now a thing of our past, a quaint memory of a time gone by . . . I’ve […]

NaNoWriMo—What If You Get Stuck/Blocked?

According to the NaNo word-count matrix, yesterday, you should have hit right around 10,000 words on your Story-in-Progress (SIP). That’s a good chunk of writing—20% of your manuscript if you’re aiming for a finished length of 50k words. But what if you didn’t hit 10k yesterday? What if you did gangbusters the first day or […]

It’s a Star Wars Myers-Briggs Type Chart!

I’m Owen Lars. Which one are you? (Click the image to see it full-size so you can read it.)

What Are You Reading? (November 2013)

It’s the first Monday of the month, which means it’s time for your book report. Tell us what you’ve finished, what you’re reading, and what’s on your To Be Read stack/list. (And if you’ve reviewed the books you’ve read somewhere, please include links!) . What book(s) did you finish reading (or listening to) since last […]

Fun Friday: Teddy Bear the Porcupine’s Halloween “Feast”

. Who knew porcupines made such cute sounds? I want one! But . . . they’re probably not as cuddly as Teddy looks.

The Struggles of Getting Ready for #NaNo

Cute article on Buzz Feed: 17 Struggles Of Getting Ready For NaNoWriMo NaNo starts tomorrow. Are you ready?