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Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: Chapter Three: Not Your Mother’s Genres – Ten Genres to Fit Any Story (Yes, Even Yours) by Jessica Brody

Hey all, Sam here. It is Mother's Day here in the US, so if you're someone who celebrates, then I hope you have a lovely day honoring the mothers in your life. And if you don't celebrate Mother's Day, then I hope you are having a very nice Sunday. Welcome back to another Weekend Writer… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: Chapter Three: Not Your Mother’s Genres – Ten Genres to Fit Any Story (Yes, Even Yours) by Jessica Brody

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Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: Chapter Two – The Save the Cat! Beat Sheet aka The End of All Your Plotting Problems (Part Two) by Jessica Brody

Hey all, Sam here. It's a weekend of focusing on creative writing...and you know what? I'm totally okay with that. Sure, I had loosely planned to post up some book reviews, but I'm feeling very inspired to talk about creative writing, and so it's just going to be three days straight of Weekend Writer. Next… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: Chapter Two – The Save the Cat! Beat Sheet aka The End of All Your Plotting Problems (Part Two) by Jessica Brody

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Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: Chapter Two – The Save the Cat! Beat Sheet aka The End of All Your Plotting Problems by Jessica Brody

Hey all, Sam here. So my plan had been to make today's Weekend Writer post cover the next two chapters of the book, but considering that Chapter Two is over 50 pages long, I feel like that would end up being way too long...which means that I'm going to go for another double dose of… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: Chapter Two – The Save the Cat! Beat Sheet aka The End of All Your Plotting Problems by Jessica Brody

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Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: Chapter One – Why Do We Care? Creating the Story-Worthy Hero by Jessica Brody

Hey all, Sam here. Every time I pick up a writing craft book, I wonder what I'm going to learn, if I'm going to relate to how the subject matter is presented, and if the book is going to one that I connect with and read quickly or if it's going to be a slog.… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: Chapter One – Why Do We Care? Creating the Story-Worthy Hero by Jessica Brody

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Weekend Writer: May Prompts

Hey all, Sam here. We have reached the beginning of another month already. I'm pretty excited to see what happens this month. I took a step forward in the application process for a really good job. The blog is doing well. I've been reading and writing. Things seem to be heading in the right direction,… Continue reading Weekend Writer: May Prompts

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WIP Wednesday – May 3

Hey all, Sam and David here. Once again we are at the middle of the week, so welcome back to WIP Wednesday. If you're new here, each week we like to take time to wrap up everything we've been doing, whether that's books we've read, shows or movies we've watched, games we've played, what we've… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – May 3

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Weekend Writer: April Prompt Share

Hey all, Sam here. Welcome back to another installment in the Weekend Writer series on Free State of Geek. The first Friday of each month, I share a bunch of different writing and creativity prompts...and on the final Friday of the month, I end up sharing some snippets based on that writing. For the Fridays… Continue reading Weekend Writer: April Prompt Share

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WIP Wednesday – April 26

Hey all, Sam and David here. Hello and welcome back to another weekly check-in. If you're new here, we are a geeky couple who enjoy reading, writing, watching anime, TV shows, and movies, playing tabletop games and video games...and we love sharing our passions with others. Every Wednesday, we run this WIP Wednesday blog series… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – April 26

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Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier: Chapter Seven: The Structure of Revelation – The End of the Beginning

Hey all, Sam here. Here we are, at the end of the beginning and the beginning of the end...for this book at least. I think it has been a pretty darn successful Weekend Writer arc so far. I've managed to get through a few book deep dives so far with this series, and I can… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier: Chapter Seven: The Structure of Revelation – The End of the Beginning

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Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier: Chapter Six: The Beginnings Rulebook II – The Dignity of Greatness

Hey all, Sam here. Okay, sorry for breaking up the Weekend Writer this weekend, but I realized it was going to take some time to write up all the breakdown for this book, and I wanted to be able to dedicate the proper time to it, while also continuing to get out my blog content,… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier: Chapter Six: The Beginnings Rulebook II – The Dignity of Greatness