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
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
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
Weekend Writer: April Prompts
Hey all, Sam here. All right. I'm going to keep today's post short and sweet. I didn't want the post to become overly long, and so I'm doing a bonus Weekend Writer post this week, and that will be the Chapter 6 deep dive of The Writer's Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier. So that… Continue reading Weekend Writer: April Prompts
WIP Wednesday – March 29
Hey all, Sam and David here. Welcome back, everyone! I can't believe that it's Wednesday already again. My mom is coming to visit in one more week, and there's still a lot to do around the house. We're trying to consolidate some of those boxes that we still haven't managed to get unpacked, and to… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – March 29
Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter 5: The Beginnings Rulebook I – The Risk-Proof Beginning
Hey all, Sam here. Luna still isn't home, but we have friends going to our house every day to check, and to keep our other cat Diablo company...and they think they've heard her scratching at the door, but the cat runs off before they can confirm...which honestly sounds like her. If it's her, then it… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter 5: The Beginnings Rulebook I – The Risk-Proof Beginning
WIP Wednesday – March 22
Hey all, Sam and David here. Sorry this post is up so late today. We've been on the road most of the day, heading from Iowa to Ohio for Fan Expo Cleveland this weekend. It was so hard to get out the door today. I really didn't want to leave since Luna is still missing,… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – March 22
Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter Four: The Edge of the Beginning – Where to Begin
Hey all, Sam here. Okay, we are back to the deep dives of this book about beginnings. And honestly doing this deep dive into the beginnings of books is fairly timely, because at the moment I'm going over the beginning of my manuscript and I can look at the story opening with fresh eyes because… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter Four: The Edge of the Beginning – Where to Begin
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