Diagram of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey
This week I’ve been obsessively searching for the magical ingredients of successful story writing. Not like the obvious stuff that we always talk about–character, theme, plot, blah, blah. And please don’t suggest I go read Joseph Campbell.
I’m talking about the magic! Secret somethings that
As a rule I like kid narrators. I read a lot of them. An embarrassingly high percentage of the books I read are YA and most young adult novels feature a first-person narrator between the ages of 14 and 17.
This week, I met sixteen-year-old Jacob whom I accompanied on a quest to
On the heels of consuming several smarty pants books, I’m hungry for plot candy. Now feed me a story with action, imagination, and maybe a little sweet romance, please.
Don’t get me wrong. I love good character-driven literary fiction, too. I mean, I just finished a marvelously lyrical memoir by Sonja
I made the transition from working 40+ hours a week as an executive manager in a public agency to becoming a full-time writer and graduate student over a period of several years.
Joining or starting a writing group can provide focus, direction, and writing support. Also deadlines help motive
*big sigh* Monday begins.
But my head is still back relaxing in my computer-free weekend in Sequim, Washington.
In addition to celebrating (belatedly) the birthday of a family member, I caught up on some reading.
Right before driving out on Friday night, I pulled from my “almost overdue” pile of library books MariNaomi’s
