Hey all, Sam here. Welcome back to Weekend Writer. I'm excited to have you here. This week I'm delving into the next section of The Writer's Guide to Beginnings: How to Craft Story Openings That Sell by Paula Munier, and while I definitely feel that you can jump into this chapter by chapter deep dive… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter Two: The End is Where We Start From – Scene One
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WIP Wednesday – Feb 15
Hey all, Sam and David back today. How is it the middle of the week again already? Wow. Okay, well I guess that means we are back to talk about everything we've done over the past week. Oh, something that I know I'm not talking about in the rest of the post is the excitement… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – Feb 15
Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter One: In the Beginning Was the Word – The Anatomy of a First Page
Hey all, Sam here. Wow, okay. Back again on another lovely Friday. I hope you are all doing great, and I hope you have cool plans for the weekend. I'm hoping to do some writing...or at the very least plotting and world-building. Anyway, well here we are at another Weekend Writer post, and this is… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter One: In the Beginning Was the Word – The Anatomy of a First Page
WIP Wednesday – Feb 8
Hey all, Sam (and David) back again today. As promised, we'll be spending our Wednesdays giving you an update to what we're up to each week. Here's where we'll talk about what we've been reading and watching and playing and creating. And please, feel free to share what you've been up to in the comments.… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – Feb 8
Weekend Writer: Back To Basics (and Prompts)
Hey all, Sam here. Okay, let's try this again. I had ideas and plans for getting back into writing and getting back into blogging, and feeling like the old me again. But not even two weeks into the new year and my father-in-law was in the ICU and it wasn't looking good, and then a… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Back To Basics (and Prompts)
Welcome to the Free State of Geek!
Hey all, Sam here. Sorry for the silence the past couple weeks. Had some conversations that led to sort of a depressive funk. Coming out of that was a little bit of a process, but it led to the realization that it was time to formalize some changes that we had been planning on for… Continue reading Welcome to the Free State of Geek!
Goals for 2023
Hey all, Sam here. Okay, so I guess today is going to be sort of a shorter post compared to my last ones. But I think it's important to take some time to at least have a rough plan or idea for the year ahead, so I'm going to do that now. Reading For reading,… Continue reading Goals for 2023
Weekend Writer: Tools and Prompts
Hey all, Sam here. Here we are at the first official Weekend Writer post! Oh boy, I am both excited and very nervous about this. I've been wanting to get back to writing, and I thought I was starting to get my creative drive back a few months ago, but then some stuff happened and… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Tools and Prompts
I’m Bringing Weekend Writer Back
Hey all, Sam here. I said I had more announcements to make, and here I am with another one...I'm bringing my Weekend writer series back! Well....with some adjustments. When I started Weekend Writer, I was just taking books on the craft of writing and breaking them down into sections, and diving deep into one section… Continue reading I’m Bringing Weekend Writer Back
Life Updates
Hey all....Sam here. Wow, it kind of feels weird to open with my actual name instead of the pen name I've used online for something like 18 years. But I've done a lot of thinking about it and I'm going to write as myself online from now on. So, I have updated my Twitter and… Continue reading Life Updates
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