Put Your Muse To Work!
I recently read a great quote from Jack London. He said, "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." A lot of...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible -- Working the Master Plot, Part 6
Welcome to the pre-Thanksgiving episode of the blog. In this episode, we wrap up the look at the Lester Dent Master Plot. If you just...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible -- Working the Master Plot, Part 5
And now we reach the three-quarters mark in Lester Dent's Master Plot. Remember, Mr. Dent (the creator of Doc Savage) used this...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible -- Working the Master Plot, Part 4
Welcome back! Sorry these entries are a bit long (and not quite the bite-ful you should expect). But Lester Dent is one of my fave...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible -- Working the Master Plot Pt. 3
Heya, Friends! Sorry about last week! I thought I had this loaded (and it was a full week to begin with) ... so here it is as we...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible - Working the Master Plot Pt. 2
Thanks for returning, friends. Hope you're getting those elevator pitches ready to flesh out because we're returning to the sage advice...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible -- Working the Master Plot, Pt. 1
Okay, with any luck, you've been massaging your elevator pitch. All three sentences are as exciting and enticing as they're gonna get....