This post will review the various processes for writing narrative fiction. I am not an expert, but I will soon be an authority. Most of my knowledge of writing process comes from trial and error, mostly error, and also from failure. The writing process refers to the steps taken and techniques used to go from [...]
Dying Is Easy. Comedy Is Hard.
Being funny in books, on the big screen, and on the little screens too.Browsing Posts published in February, 2012
I have completed a draft of the “beat sheet” for the unnamed project I’m creating for Glass Cage Productions. It took the entire week I scheduled, and now I understand why so many of my other writing projects failed, or were mired in mediocrity. This was an arduous task. It surprised me because I thought [...]
When in doubt, make sure the character names are reasonable for the era, based on popularity of the birth year. The SSA provides listings by year, here: http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi Very, very handy.
My brain really wrapped around the idea of a Beat Sheet when I read “Nail Your Novel”. It was an expansion of what I learned from Chris Soth’s mentorship and his Mini-Movie Method. I’ve blathered before about Truby’s Anatomy of Story, and it’s the combination of his Scene Weave exercise with the Beat Sheet that [...]
I kept a browser tab open to Trilane.com for the past year, specifically to their screenplay format reference. I have books, but it’s simpler, when writing online, to use online reference. It seemed like I needed it every day; I didn’t, but it seemed that way. I finally read their front page and, by gosh, [...]
