Having trouble getting words on the page? Here are three basic tips: Write what you know. Write from your heart. Write the story that only you can tell. In other words write your story from your POV. Still struggling? Set a timer for ten or fifteen or even twenty minutes. Try one of the sentence […]
Has someone told you your characters are one-dimensional? Or flat? Or predictable? Let’s take a flat character and make her three-dimensional. Based on an acting exercise, this will let you become your character, discover multiple objectives, find obstacles, and turn her into someone both likeable and flawed. Breathe in character—whatever that means, and exhale any […]
by Eddie McPuppers as told to B. Lynn Goodwin Mommy and Daddy cover their mouths and noses with black masks. Is everyone a bandit now? If you’re wearing a bandit mask, are you going to steal me? Should I bite you in self- defense? Mommy and Daddy don’t have people over anymore. Not that they […]
