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Characterization: Put people in their place

May 18, 2012

In our study of characterization we have looked at your character’s clothing.  Now I want to put those character in their place.  After the break a discussion of place and how it helps describe out character’s person.

Selecting the cover page in Scrivener

April 16, 2012

My next project is going to go out as an e-book rather than publishing it as a physical book.  So, my tools needed to be able to produce the book as an e-book.  That is why I was so happy when Pages got an e-book publishing upgrade.  Then Scrivener got the same things, except they [...]

Schedule your writing

April 12, 2012

One of the tough things about being a writer is either finding the time, or actually doing the work.  I have so many interests that it can be hard sometimes to get the work done.  I’ve found a trick that helps me and I’ll share it with you after the break.

Scrivener: Now in Windows

March 19, 2012

Scrivener is a product that I use for my large format documents that I produce from time to time.  Read the previous as meaning books and reports.  This is a favorite tool of mine, and whenever I am forced to use windows I miss it greatly.  It is now here for Windows.

Blogging 101: Have a Take

June 15, 2010

There’s a sports talk radio Host who will let anyone say anything on his show as long as they “have a take.”  That’s what most blogs seem to lack is a consistent take on their subject.  It’s as if the blogger wants everyone to like them, so they have no consistent take on their subject. [...]

Blogging 101: Write the Best Post you can

June 11, 2010

When I asked others about how to attract people to my blog, the best advice I was given was to write the best posts I can.  This blog combines my own original content with commentary on other articles to which I link.  But when I asked how to do that I usually get blank stares. [...]

What is the Scene Writing Method of writing your Novel

May 7, 2010

A few people have asked me to write about this “Scene Writing Method.” I will talk about it. First off, this is something I came up with on my own. If you find someone else espousing this method, please be assured that I cam up with this on my own. Just Think of this as [...]

Underdog plants – Bobulate

May 6, 2010

Underdog plants – Bobulate: “True citydwellers in plant format.” I read blogs outside of my main interest, especially artist blogs. Bobulate is a writer’s blog and the writer comes across interesting things that are tangential to my blog. I’ve done training Events in NYC and I can understand both its allure and its impersonal nature. [...]

Using the Scene writing method with Scrivener

May 6, 2010

There are several ways to write your novels. For most of my life I went about using the Chapter with scenes method of writing. This was because I had a manual Typewriter, and I wrote on the paper. When the first word processors began to be available, I still used this style with them. It [...]

Red Sweater Blog – MarsEdit 3 Is Here

May 4, 2010

Red Sweater Blog – MarsEdit 3 Is Here Well MarsEdit 3 is here. Surprise, surprise.

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