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Tag Archives: SF Writers’ Grotto
Formula One?
Before beginning the post itself, I’m happy to report that my piece on agreeing to disagree on matters of faith is in the July/August issue of Spirituality & Health, hot off the presses! As I write this, the piece isn’t yet online, but I hope it shows up there soon. Otherwise, you can look for it the old-fashioned print way. Here’s the post: Saved cats. Two pillars. Four themes. Three juggling balls. Eight points. A snowflake. No, it’s not a found poem, though it could be. What these six items have in common? They’re all formulas for story structure. I … Continue reading
Posted in community, craft, writing
Tagged 52-Pickup, Blake Snyder, Lindsey Crittenden, novel formula, novel outlines, novel revision, plot formula, plot structure, Plot Whisperer, plotting, Robert McKee, screenwriting, SF Writers' Grotto, Smoke Smoke Fire, story formula, Wallace Stegner
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Branding
Yesterday over lunch at the Grotto, where I’m subletting office space, another writer (also finishing up her novel) and I got on the topic of branding. You know, the “author brand.” I resisted the first time I heard the phrase, but have come to see its helpfulness. You’ve heard of the elevator speech? The one where you describe your concept or idea in a limited amount of time—from seven seconds to three minutes—to garner interest from that busy person with whom you’re sharing a metaphoric or actual elevator ride. The author brand is part of the elevator speech repertory—those succinct, … Continue reading
How do you keep writing when you don’t have time?
When I started this blog, last spring, while taking Meghan Ward’s Social Media Madness for Writers class at the Grotto – which I highly recommend to any Bay Area writer mystified by the demands and protocol of social media – I vowed to keep to it regularly. Habit, discipline, building a readership – all that good stuff relies on consistency. OK to take a break for a vacation or such, Meghan advised, just let your readers know. I sat down this morning to let my readers know that this morning, I won’t be posting because I need to work on … Continue reading
Posted in writing, writing groups
Tagged blogging, Lindsey Crittenden, Meghan Ward, novel, revision, Rincon, SF Writers' Grotto, social media, social media madness, the Grotto, writing, writing schedule
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