Writer’s “Cheat Sheets” I recently found an awesome writing tip over at inkalicious. Read below for the content, and a link. For those of you who are analytical and need a pattern or formula to help get you going, inkalicious has come up with some great writing tips that I have relsited below. PLOTTING: Polti’s 36 Dramatic Situations •01. Supplication: Persecutor, Suppliant, Authority...

The human mind is a powerful tool, as long as you give it a little guidance. Many of you have heard the phrase “Show, don’ tell,” with regard to your writing. This is a critical concept for an effective writer to create feeling in the reader. You remember, that our principle task as writers is to write in such a way that we create a desired feeling in the reader. That being said, do you...

There are writing tools out there for those who look for them. If you are a Windows Vista user, this may be a great writing tool for you. I just recently started using a sidebar tool called Activity Tracker. You download the widget into your Windows Sidebar and it allows you to “punch in” and “punch out” of a particular activity. Think of it in the traditional sense of clocking in and...

Have you ever thought about what type of language you should use in your writing? What about the style? If you haven’t, you should. Consider the following sentences: Dick, the local high school quarterback, was recently killed in a car accident. The town was left in sorrow today as Bronson High’s starting quarterback lost his life in a tragic car accident. Dick left behind a wife and two brand...

So, you want to write. That is a noble thought. However, have you ever stopped to think about what it takes to write? Do you know what you are getting yourself into? You might think that is a silly question, but really, it isn’t. For example, think of the last time you went camping. Did you just jump in the car and go? You may have approached it this way, but not likely. You probably realized you were...

photo credit: Elrenia_Greenleaf You want to write, but how do you decide what to write? Perhaps you have sat down and tried to convince yourself that you were going to write non-stop for the next ten minutes. Ten minutes went buy, and you didn’t write much, or maybe you didn’t write anything at all. Has this ever happened to you? It has to me, and I know you feel horrible. So where do we start?...

Writing fiction is a lot of fun. Well, its a lot of things. One thing that can be particularly challenging about fiction writing is writing about magic, or some equivalent power or ability. Its not the dreaming up of special abilities or effects that is particularly difficult, but making those unique powers relevant to the story, and a meaningful part of the conflict within the characters. There are various...

I have been on a Joseph Campbell kick for the last year or so. In my research I discovered that George Lucas actually held Joseph Campbell in high regard – as a mentor as a matter of fact. Apparently he consulted a lot with him as wrote the first few movies in the Starwars saga. Here is a link to a site that has a video interview with George Lucas regarding the mythology of Starwars, and how he leveraged...

Here is the sixth and final part of Joseph Campbell’s interviews on th Power of Myth. Get the book The Hero’s Journey. Its a fascinating read. You will likely have to read it more than once. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Power of Myth: Part 6 – Masks of Eternity", url: "http://easywritingtips.com/2009/05/the-power-of-myth-part-6-masks-of-eternity/" }); Click Here - Share the post! ...

Here is the fifth part of Joseph Campbell’s interviews on th Power of Myth. Get the book The Hero’s Journey. Its a fascinating read. You will likely have to read it more than once. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Power of Myth: Part 5 – Love and the Goddess", url: "http://easywritingtips.com/2009/05/the-power-of-myth-part-5-love-and-the-goddess/" }); Click Here - Share the post! ...