Hey all, Sam and David here. I am so glad that I started getting this post prepped on Monday...because David and I stayed up really really late last night playing Diablo IV (like it was 4:30am) when we turned off the gaming systems and went up to bed. Whoops. Anyway, welcome back to WIP Wednesday.… Continue reading WIP Wednesday
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Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel Chapter Eight by Jessica Brody (and June Prompts)
Hey all, Sam here. It's the first Friday of a new month, and that means it is time to talk about some creativity prompts. While I use them for writing stories or scenes, and just working on my craft, I can see how someone could be inspired to create art or poetry or music or… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel Chapter Eight by Jessica Brody (and June Prompts)
Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel Chapters Six and Seven by Jessica Brody
Hey all, Sam here. Originally last week's Weekend Writer post was going to cover Chapters 4-6, and then Chapter 7 was going to be put with this month's prompt share. But then I thought that last week's post would be too long, so I decided to push Chapter 6 to this week, and then I… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel Chapters Six and Seven by Jessica Brody
Weekend Writer: May Prompt Share
Hey all, Sam here. Wow...we're at the end of May already. This is the last Friday of the month, which means that it is time for the Weekend Writer writing prompt sharing post. If you're new here, hello, welcome! For the first Friday of every month, I share a Weekend Writer post that has a… Continue reading Weekend Writer: May Prompt Share
Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel Chapters Four and Five by Jessica Brody
Hey all, Sam here. It's amazing how much better you can feel after two really great days in a row, two days that were a soothing balm for your mental health. I'm of course talking about the fact that we got together with friends and played our first session of Pathfinder 2E on Wednesday evening...and… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel Chapters Four and Five by Jessica Brody
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
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
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
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: 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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