Friday Inspiration - How bad Can You Be?

To keep readers revved up, make things worse for you main character, (preferably much worse) before things get better.

Outline of what will happen in your story. One way to do it is to think of your story as mountain, like this:

Beginning – Introduce your characters and the setting

*Start climbing – Something happens to your character to start the action.– a problem, a dramatic event, a mystery. 

* Introduce more than one problem.  Two or three work best to keep interest  growing.

Resolution – The problem(s) get resolved.

End – The threads of the story are tied up.

 

Friday Inspiration - Carving Your Story

"Carving a story is just the opposite of carving a turkey; cut away everything that isn't essential and keep the carcass."

Storee loves turkey and she loves to read. She also has a friend, Jim Calder, who is a Master Carver. She is getting a lot of ideas for future stories from today's inspiration.  Are you?

Write a story then set it aside for a while. Then edit it to cut away words and information that aren't needed to keep the story moving. 

Share your story here! Happy writing.


Links to Books of interest:
Thanks to Tank by Maureen Howard (A Great Turkey Story)
http://www.communityvoicemedia.com/thankstotank/index.htm

So You Thought You Couldn't Cut It, A Beginner's Guide to Wood Carving by Jim Calder and Jen Coate
http://www.communityvoicemedia.com/jimcaldercarvingbook.html

Friday Inspiration - Thumb or Pinky Finger?

 

 

"For every rule of thumb there is a quirky little finger

that does its own thing."

Write a story that shows your quirky little finger had a hand in it.

Inspiration Friday - Stay Motivated

True?

 

You cannot decide once and for all to be a writer.

You must renew your commitment to writing every day.

 

What keeps you going?

What gets in your way?