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: 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
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 Eight: Fine-Tuning Your Beginning – Bulletproof Your Beginning
Hey all, Sam here. We have finally reached the final chapter on this book about beginnings. I actually finished reading and taking notes on this book a few weeks ago because I just wanted it to be over. Who knew you could talk for almost 250 pages about the topic of beginnings? Don't get me… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier: Chapter Eight: Fine-Tuning Your Beginning – Bulletproof Your Beginning
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
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
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
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