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
WIP Wednesday – May 10
Hey all, Sam and David here. It's the middle of the week again, already. We have a game night with a fellow geek couple later, and it should be pretty fun. I don't know exactly what we're going to play, but we normally have one longer game and a couple of quick play games to… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – May 10
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
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
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
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
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
WIP Wednesday – April 19
Hey all, Sam and David here. Welcome back to WIP Wednesday, a series here on the blog where we talk about everything we've been reading, watching, writing, and doing over the past week. Basically it's just a big ol' check-in so we can keep track of what we've been up to. And honestly, it's kind… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – April 19
WIP Wednesday – April 12
Hey all, Sam and David here. We are having some wonderfully nice weather right now, and it is fantastic. We fixed the screen on our front porch, and our cats are really enjoying the fact that they get some time to run around outside without really being outside. Anyway, welcome to WIP Wednesday, our weekly… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – April 12
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