So, I’ve been reading Julia Cameron’s book Vein of Gold, about taking your creative life more seriously. I mean, seriously. Apparently it gets into silly, fun ways of unlocking more creativity, but I’m not that far yet. I am undertaking what she calls the “narrative timeline” and I call, you guessed it, The Story...
On Randy Ingermanson’s blog he is critiquing one-sentence summaries from his faithful blog readers. I’ve been waiting for this, as I’m never sure if I’m doing it right. Here’s my entry for my Nano-novel, Gift of the Ancients: “Forbidden friends must reach the ruined Citadel to activate an ancient defense and save their land....
No, not my novel. Not even the second draft. I finished reading Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight Swain. Another of my writing friends has ordered this book on my recommendation. I met her in writing class, and the one little tip I shared with her from Swain moved her further forward in...