Writing Your Memoir by Carolyn Wilker
Writing and Launching Your Memoir Originally posted on September 19, 2020 by Storygal Over the early spring, coauthor Donna Mann and I put our last touches on our new book. The content had…
Top 10 Mid-Series Shake-Ups: Part 1
Posted on September 9, 2020 by benjaminfrog When writing a long-running series, sometimes significant changes must occur to give the audience a sense of newness and the passage of time, or just…
Writing Villains 3 — The Doosh
Ben's back this week with part 3 of his series on Writing Villains, 'The Doosh'. Just what is a doosh and do you know any? Here's what Ben has to…
Writing Villains 2 – Sympathetic Villains and Monsters
Writing sympathetic villains and monsters. Benjamin Collier takes us through the steps to write fantastic scenes with these fictional characters. Monsters "Monsters are a different kind of character than simply…
The From-To Writing Method Launch!
A few weeks ago, we introduced you to the first in our From-To Writing Method series of workbooks for writers. The workbooks show you how to write a short story,…
The From-To Writing Method Intro
Introducing our new series of workbooks called The From-To Writing Method. This series of workbooks has been in the creative stage for over two years and we've finally finished all…
Writing Villains 1 – Personal Villains and Obstacle Villains
We all know jerks are selfish and obnoxious but what are they really thinking? We’re continuing our look at storytelling with fantasy and sci-fi author, Benjamin T Collier. Today Ben…
Writing Heroes 3 – Symbolic Heroes
We're continuing our look at heroes in storytelling with author Benjamin T Collier. Symbolic Heroes are a difficult bunch to portray, as Benjamin explains in part 3 of Writing Heroes…
Writing Heroes part 2 – Reluctant Heroes and Anti-Heroes
Benjamin T. Collier is here with his next post on Storytelling. This week, he's giving us some insight into writing about reluctant heroes and anti-heroes in our stories. I don't…
Writing Heroes part 1 – Unlikely Heroes
Benjamin T. Collier is back with us this week to talk about writing heroes into your story and he starts with Unlikely Heroes. Exactly what is an unlikely hero? "Unlikely…