Bringing Your Character To Life Video Roz Morris Free Ebook

Roz believes that characters bind us to  the story.  The characters are why readers care.  Readers remember characters more than any other part of a novel.  All this is discussed in the Youtube video Writing Fiction:  Bring Your Characters to life.  Amazon currently is offering her book Nail Your Novel Instant Fix: 100 tips for fascinating characters,  for free in the kindle format.  I found value in the video.  I also downloaded her free book.  Good resource.

How to Know That You Are A Writer

 "All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad,  the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and places and how the weather was.  If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer."

Ernest Hemingway

     This is one of my favorite author quotes.  It is a "consummation devoutly to be wished"

Author Kevin Anderson, Advice On Acheiving Success As An Author

Today in my never ending quest to sharpen the saw, I  watched a video with Author Kevin Anderson. He has written 140 books and sold 23 million copies.  The title of the video was "How to Have a Successful Long-Term Writing Career." The video is approximate 35 minutes long and consist primarily of a infomercial for Kevin Anderson. It is short on advice. One thing that he does say is that he likes to have a lot of irons in the fire. He has multiple projects all working at the same time. He calls this the popcorn theory. In other words you put a lot of kernels in a pan, put on some heat and you never know which ones going to pop first. He speaks a little towards the current status of the book industry and its inevitable shift away from traditional publishing houses. If you want to good advice on how to have a successful long-term writing career, you need to find it someplace other than this video.

I was Born Knowing How To Write

It's none of their business that you have to learn to write.  Let them think that you were born that way.

Ernest Hemingway

Andrew Stanton's Ted Talk on Story Telling

     I search the web for educational material on the craft of writing.  One of my favorite places to visit is Ted Talks,  Andrew Stanton is a writer and movie producer.  He talks about what it takes to create a story.  I found it useful.

     If you have found inspiration somewhere, share it here.

Welcome All Writers

     Welcome

      Lets create a place where we can share our ideas, concerns, advice and what ever else you would like to contribute.  Writing is a journey, in the act of creating a story and in the quest to improve the writer's skill set.  Share your inspirations.  If you find a kernel of understand that helps you be a better writer, post it here.  Ask for help and offer your assistance.  Lets create a community.  I for one, can use the support.

Thanks and lets get started.

Will Stevenson