Sitemap - 2011 - Your Weekly Writing Exercise

Rest Breaks for Writers--Feeding the Creative Artist

Can Self-Publishing Land You on the Best-Seller List?

Five Major Turning Points on the Road to Finishing a Book

Embracing the Scary Project--Why Bravery on Demand Can Help Your Writing

Saying thanks . . .

Building a Questions List to Keep Writing Fresh

Crafting an Agent-Catching Chapter One

How to Educate Yourself about Publishing in Today's Changing Industry

Finding the Perfect Writing Notebook--and How to Use It to Finish Your Book

Change of Seasons--Visioning Time for Your Book?

What Makes a Chapter? What Makes a Scene?

My Love (Hate) Affair with Storyboards

Making Time for Your Writing--How Many Plates Are You Spinning?

Vote for My New Book--NH Literary Award Finalist!

Why Bad Decisions Make Good Stories--A Cure for Writer's Block

The Image List : A Great Way to Get Your Creativity Juiced

Transitioning to the Image Brain: Write a Poem about Your Book

That Tricky Balance of Show and Tell in Your Writing--How Do You Work with It?

Creating the Most Engaging Environment--Working the "Container" of Your Story

Taking Along Your Writing: How to Keep Your Creativity Alive during Your Summer Vacation

Lessons from the Movies--Planting and Returning Images to Create a Satisfying Ending

Four Levels of Learning--From Unconscious Incompetence to Unconscious Competence

Mixing Things Up--Another Look at How to Break out of Writer's Block

Forest and Trees--Balancing the Long View and Short View as a Book Writer

Hands-on storyboarding workshop--get feedback on your book idea

Reading from the End--An Effective Way to Troubleshoot Your Writing

A Way to Study Outer and Inner Story in Your Favorite Books

Balancing Outer and Inner Story in Your Book

Gardening and Writing--Filling the Well by Following the Love

Using the Storyboard W to Structure a Self-Help Book

How Are You Spending Your Summer? The Value of Writer's Retreats

Five Fundamental Practices That Keep You Away from Writer's Block While You're Writing a Book

Letting Myself Exhale--Celebrating the "Empty Nest" of a New Book

Online Class--Your Book Starts Here--Begins May 16

Researching Your Book--How to Do It, When to Stop and Get Writing

Preparing for Publication--Writing Your Book's Premise and Synopsis

Writing More Vivid Characters--Borrow a Technique from Alec Guiness

Wisdom from a Writing Master--Barbara Kingsolver on Her Writing Practice

Good Books for Learning Different Writing Skills

Reading to Become a Better Writer

Wise Words about Passion in Writing

Writing Dialogue: How People Really Talk on the Page

Weeding through the Mess: How to Make Sense of Your First Draft

Storyboarding--Using the W Storyboard Structure to Chart Stronger Conflict in Your Book

How to Work with the Four Levels of Transition in a Book: Smoothing the Reader's Ride

Finding Creative Balance: Making Room for Your Writing in Your Life

How Tall Do You Want to Grow? Taking Risks toward Reaching Your Goals

Community and Rhythm--Two Keys to Producing a Book

Are You a Memoirist or a Novelist? More Ruminations on Proust, Memory, and Writing the Truth