Scrivener or Ulysses? The Hero’s Journey or Save the Cat? Go it alone or join a writer’s workshop? There’s plenty of tools and methods out there to help writer’s get stories out of their heads and onto paper or a screen. Here’s what I’m working with and why.
I wrote last week about a new video course I had signed up for by author and writing coach Lauren Sapala titled, “You Are a Writer.” Lauren works primarily with folks whose Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality types are INFJ and INFP. Since I’m an INFJ, I...
In another synchronistic event late last week, I actually paid attention to some of my email and read about a new online course that was about to be released. Entitled, “You Are a Writer - Getting Past the Fear and Finally Moving Forward,” the 8 session course is...
Just a quick post letting you know I've added a new tool to the toolchest: SimpleMind, a mind mapping tool (Mac OS/Windows/iOS, Android). As the cliche goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. SimpleMind proves it with its variety of mind mapping features. Mind...
If you've read just about any book on story structure these days, you're bound to see statements like "every successful story follows this pattern," "immutable laws of story construction," "this applies to all stories and there's never any difference," etc., etc.,...
One thing you're quickly going to learn about this bear is that he's well prepared - probably too prepared. Thus, I have a whole lot of tools in my arsenal that I find myself using. Trouble is, I usually end up going back and forth quite a bit. (Secret is, I think...