Pixar Story Rules in LEGO!
Alex Elyar on Slacktory has taken Emma Coat’s Pixar’s Rules of Storytelling and turned them posters illustrated with Lego for great visual results: This is only about...
The significance of plot without conflict – still eating oranges
The necessity of conflict is preached as a kind of dogma by contemporary writers’ workshops and Internet “guides” to writing. A plot without conflict is considered dull;...
TeaNoWriMo Update
Well, it’s been a week, so I thought I should report on how Teachers Novel Writing Month is progressing. I think I can sum the week up...
Really Good Collection of Editing and Revision Tips
I found a link today to a collection of 20 editing/revision tips that definitely made me think. I’m in the process of editing Twin Stars Bk1 at...
Teachers Novel Writing Month
I hereby declare July as TeaNoWriMo! Which, despite what you may think, doesn’t mean you have to drink 50,000 cups of tea in July. Instead it stands...
Psychologists Discover How People Subconsciously Become Their Favorite Fictional Characters – Medical Daily
Behold! The power of reading! Psychologists have discovered that while reading a book or story, people are prone to subconsciously adopt their behavior, thoughts, beliefs and internal...
Free eBook: Suffer the Poisoner
“There’s poison in your soup.” With these words, Little Gou is thrust into another adventure as he finds himself struggling to get the woman who poisoned...
How Old is Sci-Fi? – Atomic Rockets
There are sites on the internet that one can easily spent a whole day lost in, for some it’s Pinterest or Wikipedia, and for me it’s Project...
The 22 rules of storytelling, according to Pixar
#1: You admire a character for trying more than for their successes. #2: You gotta keep in mind what’s interesting to you as an audience, not what’s...
Ten rules for writing fiction | Books | guardian.co.uk
The Guardian published a huge collection of top 10 writing tips from various authors, I’ve posted Elmore Leonard‘s before, but I thought I’d post Neil Gaiman’s and...