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Have to be honest,
there wasn’t a 2.0… or even a 1.0…
At this stage
in outlining, we don’t need to know every character. Instead, we only need to
create the main characters who will help us understand...
Please
don’t sue us Build-A-Bear…
Blurbs—that
is, back-cover description of a book—are an essential tool in a writer’s
arsenal because it allows us to gauge interest in a story. Starting with a
blurb before...
It’s
you. You’re the idea machine. Step one? Create an idea. Step two? Well, there
is no step two.
Okay,
okay. Fine. Let’s break it down a little more, shall we? Ideation is the first
step in outlining,...
Ah, yes. A far better alternative to the
birds and the bees.
Both the pants and the plans refer to
the type of writer you are and can be. Pant-style writers fly by the seat of
their pants, and Plan-style...
Like the IRS (or even your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend), apostrophes are possessive. Everything is theirs. Michael Scott’s paper. Dwight’s beets. Jim’s pranks. Pam’s art. Stanley’s diabetes.
So, this all...