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Writing fast isn’t everything. Writing a lot isn’t everything, either. But writing a lot, fast, is SOMETHING…if you truly aspire to be a serious (and well-compensated) writer of novels and other lengthy works. So if someone told you that you could learn to write more, in less time, and with potentially much higher quality than …
The 3-Part Key to 5x-ing Your Writing Efficiency— 2K to 10K by Rachel Aaron Read More »
This is Part 2 of our Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Book 2) dissection-analysis for writers who want to hone their craft! You can check out: Part 1 here Part 3: coming soon And you can check out the deep-dive analysis of Book 1 in the series, here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Who this …
This book changed my life before I actually read it*. It’s one of the books that’s MOST filled with useful, practical, pretty-much-immediately applicable tips for storytellers that I’ve ever read. (And I’ve read quite a few by now) In this book, you will not only hear some unforgettable stories from Dicks’ own (insane, tragically funny) …
The middle is the hardest part of a story, just like the second book is the hardest book to get right in a trilogy. So let’s analyze how world-famous mega-successful writer Suzanne Collins did it for her Hunger Games series. Might come in handy for those of us interested in writing our own stories, sequels, …
Detailed Book Notes How to Write Characters Readers CAN’T Ignore— Elements of Fiction Writing: Characters & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card Love them or hate them, your audience can’t ignore them Published in 1988, this is one of the books in the Ender’s Game author’s three-part series “On Writing.” But just because certain writers know how to write …
This is Part 3 (and the final part) of our Hunger Games (Book 1) dissection-analysis for writers who want to hone their craft! Part 1 here Part 2 here In this article, I analyze the story on three levels (craft, concept, and core), and examine all of the elements that work together to make this …
Have you ever wanted to write a book of your own? Perhaps you’ve actually tried before, and failed. More often than you care to admit. You’ve gotten rabbit trailed, lost motivation, gotten hopelessly tangled up in plot threads that refused to be resolved…and never finished your story. Well, Jennie Nash is here to save you …
14 Steps to Help You FINALLY Write Your Book - Blueprint for a Book by Jennie Nash Read More »
This is Part 2 of our Hunger Games dissection-analysis for writers who want to hone their craft: Part 1: https://medium.com/be-a-brilliant-writer/how-to-write-a-story-that-sinks-its-teeth-into-readers-refuses-to-let-go-the-hunger-games-part-8517f5d2c060 Part 3: coming If you’ve ever wondered what it is about the Hunger Games that makes the story so compelling, this article may be for you. In it, I deep-dive into the story to see …
Do you know what you want? Do you know WHY you want what you want? It may not be for the reasons you’d guess. There are hidden influences working on you, impacting even the most basic thing about you — what you THINK you want, in work, play, and life. In Wanting, author Luke Burgis explores the …
Do You Really Know WHY You Want What You Want? If Not, Read This— Wanting by Luke Burgis Read More »
The Hunger Games series outsold Harry Potter in 2012. I mean, in terms of Amazon sales figures. But it’s an incredible accomplishment, considering that HP has seven books in the series, and HG (at the time) only three. And the series accomplished this feat in only four years. Sales are a complicated thing, of course. …