STORY MASTERY with MICHAEL HAUGE
Story Mastery with Michael Hauge WHEN: November 14, 2015 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm WHERE: Sunset Station Hotel & Casino 1301 West Sunset Road Henderson, NV 89014 COST: $75 LVRW members, $100 non-members During this special, all-day seminar, Hollywood script and story consultant Michael Hauge, best-selling author of Writing Screenplays That Sell and Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read, will present STORY MASTERY – his unique approach to creating compelling fiction, and to eliciting emotion in your readers. Using clips from recent blockbuster love stories and romantic comedies, along with hands Read more…
“Success is an indefinable term… “
I have been in this writing game for a long time. Over the years, I have taken extensive notes from workshops given by authors who have spoken at the Orange County Chapter of Romance Writers of America. Today’s quote is from best-selling author, Jayne Ann Krentz – “Success is an indefinable term, a fleeting, ephemeral thing, a ghost. The more you chase it, the more remote it becomes. But the writing originates somewhere inside yourself. You can nurture it, control it, experiment with it. It’s yours and yours alone. Take your true satisfaction from inside yourself, not from the outside Read more…
Pictures of Gratitude – Day 19
Day 20. Abby’s first book.
Pictures of Gratitude – Day 16
Day 16. EAT, SLEEP, READ.
Pics of Gratitude – Day 5
Day 5. Playing Library with my grandkids in my office. No writing but that’s OK. I think I need to buy them their own white board and mount it in the office to keep them busy while I work! 🙂
How Writing Has Positively Influenced My Life
I was six or seven, sitting at the redwood picnic, my feet dangling from the bench, unable to touch the concrete. I had a thick green pencil in my hand. The blue-lined tablet paper had random chunks of wood that caused staccato breaks in my printed letters. I loved the words, “Once upon a time.” Every story started the same way. I don’t remember if I showed my stories to anyone. Probably not. If I was caught writing or reading, my mother would say, “If you have nothing better to do than sit around, I have some chores for you.” Read more…
Organize Your Novel With Excel – Laura Drake | Writers In The Storm
“We’ve talked about it in other posts. How learning your writing process is finding your way in a pitch black room, full of furniture. You can learn by banging your shins, but there are less painful ways. Hopefully, this post will help. I’m an organized person, and it would make me crazy trying to locate details in my WIP. Which chapter did the dog first show up? Or the first kiss? Or harder yet, the smaller details – what kind of shoes did the old man wear the second time the heroine met him?…” READ MORE: Organize Your Novel With Excel Read more…
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