Creating Characters, Plotting, Writing
There are heroes in the world, wrote Stephen Sondheim in the song There Won’t Be Trumpets. Princes and heroes in the world; and one of them will save us…wait and see, wait and see. That hopeful promise was followed by a warning: There won’t be...
fiction, Plotting, Writing
Hi, my name is Debbie and I am a Pantser. Yes. I know. What is a plotting tool doing as the title of a post about a pantser? Well… this particular tool is one that works for both the detailed plotter and the seat-of-her-pants pantser. I’ve talked about the...
Creating Characters, fiction, Plotting, Workshops, Writing
I haven’t been keeping up with my blog. Used to be, every other day I was here posting and every day I was visiting other blogs. I’ve fallen out of the blog routine… but for pretty good reason, I think. I’m plotting. I’ve chatted here...
Creating Characters, Plotting, Writing
As I work on the query and synopsis for my completed story, I’m also working on the next one. It’s actually quite exciting. In the past I’ve struggled with “starting”. It seemed the story I just finished – and its characters...