I’m not a plotter, but I still find it useful to study story structure and the craft of writing. My latest foray into structure is The Heroine’s Journey by Gail Carriger. It’s an important counterpoint to the “hero’s journey” approach, and it’s not just for stories about or by women. Written in Carriger’s snarky, irreverent
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I’ve long been frustrated at how much pressure there is in the writing community to be a plotter. To counteract that, I wrote a post for WriterUnboxed.com about what it’s like to be a pantser, how to figure out your own writing process, and why you should trust yourself. I’ll hope you’ll check it out
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I’m heading off to Colorado this week for the Pike’s Peak Writers Conference. If you’re going to be there, be sure to say hello! Once I get back, I’ll be teaching a three-week online Scrivener course for the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. It’s a members-only event, but they’re always looking for new members. 😉 If
I had fun answering questions for Billie Daddario’s blog today. Mostly about my writing process. I hope you’ll check it out!
Happy Twos-day! (2/22/22 on Tuesday, just in case you haven’t looked at a calendar yet.) I have a new Scrivener post up at WriterUnboxed.com today that discusses options for tagging, color-coding, and organizing your documents. I hope you’ll check it out. Feel free to comment on the post if you have questions.