Writing a Skeletal Plot for a NaNoWriMo Novel – by Benjamin Collier November is approaching faster than I thought! I had listed the last half of October as my time to finalize a skeleton plot with minor details for each scene, (as well as finer details for the opening scene, or whichever scene I plan… Read More Writing a Skeletal Plot
Every work of fiction is a ‘What If’. With Science Fiction the What If is more obvious. “What if we had the ability to travel back in time?” “What if we could bring dinosaurs back?” “What if we could clone ourselves instead of having children?” But even contemporary fiction has a What If when you… Read More What If?
NaNoWriMo 2020 – This Year’s Project Lots of great info here about writing a NaNo novel! Ben will be attempting to post a few times during November to let you know how it’s going. Posted on October 30, 2020by benjaminfrog Hey guys! How is your NaNo prep coming along? Now that November is almost upon us, I’m finally… Read More NaNoWriMo 2020 WIP by Ben Collier
Top 10 Mid-Series Shake-Ups: part 2 by author, public speaker and YouTuber Benjamin T. Collier. Today I’m finishing off the list of Top 10 Mid-Series Shake-Ups by going over numbers 6-10, because that’s how math works. Again, I’ve put them in order of most frequently used (by my reckoning), which is not the same thing as… Read More Top 10 Mid-Series Shake-Ups: Part 2
Have you always wanted to write a novel, or maybe you’ve decided to participate in NaNoWriMo this year? As a seasoned author or a fledgeling writer you know there’s more to writing a novel than pounding the keys non-stop for days on end. I did the NaNo challenge for the first time a few years… Read More Writing A Novel?
Have you ever watched a movie from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s? What gets your knickers in a knot when you watch them? Chances are it’s something about the way we used to view life and how we treated each other. Personally, I get huffy when women are referred to as ‘the little lady’ in… Read More The Message In Your Story – part 2