Ellyn Oaksmith's Blog, page 10
December 2, 2014
Super Fab at Forty Giveaway!
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Click on this image to comment and win a $20 Amazon Card from the awesome writer Jess Riley.
November 27, 2014
My “I’m Thankful for Readers” E-Book Giveaway
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My “I’m Thankful for Readers” E-Book Giveaway
Click on this image for a chance to win one of 5 free e-copies of this book.
November 26, 2014
It’s a Holiday Giveaway, Ahhhhhh!!! -- At my Group Blog
It’s a Holiday Giveaway, Ahhhhhh!!! — At my Group Blog
Bethany Maines — a fabulous c0-blogger
LINK: http://girlfriendsbookclub.org/2014/11/holday-giveaway-ahhhhhh/#comment-100261
I know, I know, this is a blog and I’m supposed to write something pithy and interesting, probably related to books. But you know what? It’s Thanksgiving! I’m not writing; I’m doing the really important stuff – BAKING. I don’t have time to boil down my run-on thoughts…
November 21, 2014
November 17, 2014
How Did Ellyn Find Her Groove?
How Did Ellyn Find Her Groove?
This post is on my group blog today: GIRLFRIENDS BOOK CLUB.ORG
Thank you flowers from Oprah
After having children, screenwriting, with it’s endless networking and phone calls, wasn’t an option. I lived in Seattle now, not LA. I kept writing, even landing in therapy to discuss the stress of being torn between my career and my children. My husband gave me the same…
November 13, 2014
Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Tips on How to Write a Great Story
Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To hell with suspense.
Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal character or…
November 11, 2014
4 Steps to Writing Funny Scenes
4 Steps to Writing Funny Scenes
Adding humor into a scene is easy. As long as it comes naturally from your characters and their personalities and fits into the scene. Gratuitous funny scenes are stupid because they don’t propel your plot forward. If you want to ensure lots of funny scenes in your book, come up with a funny premise (My first book, Adventures with Max and Louise, had unwanted breast implants — funny idea sort…
November 5, 2014
http://girlfriendsbookclub.org/2014/11/writing-advice-younger/
November 4, 2014
Ted Talk on Creative Genius with Elizabeth Gilbert
Ted Talk on...
Ted Talk on Creative Genius with Elizabeth Gilbert
Ted Talk on Creative Genius with Elizabeth Gilbert
November 3, 2014
What's Going on With Forest the Shelter Cat?
What’s Going on With Forest the Shelter Cat?
Off to write but going to share a photo session from my daughter, who adores our adopted cat, Forest. The entire time my daughter was taking these, Forest purred.
Deep thoughts.
Three extra toes (there’s another one tucked in there.)
Thinking about birds.
