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2009 Reviews Of Mac Writing Software
Another point: Software is function. Each of these pieces of software does some functions well. None of these softwares have all or even most of the functions I need working daily a number of hours as a professional writer. Over the last three years I have used double the number of writer's software that I ...

Should A Writer Grow Internet Presence
Should you start getting a following now on the Internet of those who like what you say? Or wait possibly years while you write and rewrite an eventually successful novel, should that ever truly happen? We see from the following excerpts from comments on a writer’s forum the issues highlighted in the commentator's own words. From a ...

How To Write A Novel In A Month
No, I have not participated. Our motivation here at this site is to create a novel that takes more than a month to write, and is a real novel full of writing craft and good story. No, we are not affiliated in any way with NaNo Writing Month. It's a volunteer show, it seems. The idea ...

The Struggling Writer Syndrome And Its Cure
You have writer's block? How the hell are you ever going to succeed in life if you can't even write 400 words of great text? That's about one and a half pages of story if you are a novelist, which hopefully you will be someday? So let's get down to work! •    Shame on you, thrice shame on ... Writing Chapters And Scenes
In planning your novel or screen play, first you want to create every possible scene or event. Visualize putting each scene or event on a paper card, whether you actually do this or not. The above exercise, even if you are not a writer, can show you if you can produce an exciting story out of ... Success Or Failure In Life
How can anyone know what the secret is? Yet, let's take a shot at it. First, may I be bold enough to say that almost nobody under seventy knows what the secret is. Fortunately, I am over seventy!!! All kidding aside, what is the secret between success and failure? Let us start with a premise: You have to ...

Ezine Articles Or Blogs?
Ezine Articles Do you want free outreach on the web? However, as a writer, write Ezine articles instead! Why? Not that they are boring. It's actually more true that blogs are boring. The best blogs have a name tag to them but the fact is that the most popular blogs are written by professional writers hired ...



Writing Tips

Working With The Star Novel Writing Diagram

What is important to realize is that a fundamental archetypal pattern underlies all story-telling, novels and screen plays. Authors do not always use all of these key elements but readers and viewers unconsciously look for them. Study this Star Novel Writing Diagram and see for yourself the basic elements and whether, or not, you fulfill [...]

Novel Writing Software Functions Compared

The truth is that novelists rarely if ever create novel writing software. Software programmers create novel writing software, but they have not shown to the world that they can write books that sell in the many thousands. They may create good writing software but they know little about the hundreds of writing craft ideas and [...]

Characters

We take a differing view from the usual in The Writer’s Interface about story characters. Writing craft writers and teachers say that your characters motivate the action. Or they say that you should know your characters as you know a human being. When you plan a story, write down what your main characters eat, habits [...]

Theme

Story illustrates life issues The theme of an involving story illustrates life but also idealizes it. In reading a published memoir the teacher liked in memoir-writing class I read the damn thing to see what the teacher and students thought was a good memoir. The memoir was written by a sister whose loved brother killed [...]

Craft Lists

Craft Lists are a major device of The Writer’s Interface. We have to say in looking at writing software and writing craft books, they mostly say too little rather than too much. This means that other people’s craft books emphasize a few key writing craft ideas and thus are over simplified. This author studied over [...]

Story Keys

Story Keys are the uniquely intense and dramatic situations that a reader or viewer naturally remembers about a story. Make a list of Story Keys ahead of time so you know what you want to excite your readers about Example: In Gone With The Wind – The Movie one intense moment is Scarlet O’Hara’s moment [...]