And as promised, here’s a quick Character sheet I did for working out my characters. Basically, it’s an RPG style sheet. At the top is some pertinent story info:Â Character’s name, Story Role (Protagonist, Main, Hero, Antagonist, Mentor: Whatever system you’re using). There’s a block for Description and Bio, and one at the end to [...]
Image via Wikipedia There was no day three yesterday. Too Tired. Too much at home. I needed a night off and I got it. Today I’m recharged. I looked at my main character a lot last night and today and thought about what I’m going to do with him. I paged through a few Writer’s [...]
I had been using a spreadsheet to track my Novels progress, but realized it just wasn’t doing the job. I wanted something I could post on the wall to motivate me, not some database that I could use for billable hours. I had seen a couple products that looked nice, but didn’t want to shell [...]
Image by lcthulou via Flickr So is Writing a solitary profession? It doesn’t seem like it should be anymore. I mean, if your primary activity is writing, it’s easier than ever to connect with other writers and get your stuff out there, Right? So Who do you follow? Who gives you the inspiration and advice [...]
OK. I bought the supernatural angle since the beginning of the year. But NO MORE. God, I’ve had it with Fantasy and Sci-Fi shows that pretend to be serials but aren’t really because they’re just making it up. I blame Chris Carter. He Legitimized this kind of sloppy story telling. It’s a fraud. It’s contemptuous. [...]
yWriter is a popular free word processor designed from the ground up for novelists. It’s an open-ended organizer and test processor that let’s the author do as much or as little pre-writing as they feel like, then organizes your writing into discreet scenes. It will allow you to track your progress, and gives you both [...]
