Novel Writing Made Less Impossible - How To Construct an Elevator Pitch
Last week, we discussed the importance of the elevator pitch. For those who came in late and are too lazy to look up the definition ......
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible - Two Breaths & 30 Seconds To Seal the Deal!
(Sorry for today's delay ... some physical probs to deal with but since Wednesday's not over, here we are!) The worst thing you can do...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible -- I'm Not Calling This Blog "What's In a Name."
One more item and then I think we're done with the foundation for building your characters. However, for many people that I speak to,...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible -- Find Your Characters' Voices
The last two weeks have found us building characters and not just our own. Two weeks ago, we discussed fleshing out your protagonist....
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible -- Villains and Everyone Else
Last week, we discussed how to build your protagonists. I'll wait right here to allow you to read it, if you'd like. Done? Did that help? ...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible -- Characters, You're Next!
To pick up from last week when we covered generating story ideas through the news and entertainment you put into your skull, what if you...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible -- C'mere, You Story Ideas!
When mentoring writers, so many of them tell me, "Brian, I'd love to write books. I just don't have anything to write about." Calling...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible Okay, You Have One Last Chance To Back Out ...
Okay, you've got most of what you'll probably need to get your head into the space where your inner creator needs to be. You're probably...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible Goals: Everyone Oughta Have 'Em!
If good intentions meant anything, that Highway to Hell would have been paved long before AC/DC began singing about it. As you read these...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible Stuff You Won't Have To Worry About (Immediately)
Once, I talked to a friend who wanted to write a book. Fine. I knew how to do that. I began with my standard lecture on how to begin...
