Scrivener 2.0
At long last, Scrivener 2.0 is available for download and purchase. If you are a writer of fiction (long or short), papers (scientific, thesis or school in general), journalism or, really, anything,...
View ArticleRory’s Story Cubes
Rory’s Story Cubes for iOSI recently went around the web looking for writer’s tools for the iPhone. Not necessarily for writing applications but for tools to help the creative juices flow. My very...
View ArticleScript Frenzy Info
I’m not ready to participate in Script Frenzy, in which you write a 100 page script in one month (similar to NaNoWriMo for novels). I suppose I could; I have something in the pipe that is pretty much...
View ArticlePeriodic Table of Storytelling
Thank you DeviantArt user ComputerSherpa for creating the awesome Periodic Table of Storytelling based off of the sometimes hilarious TV Tropes site (which isn’t just TV). Now if I could just figure...
View ArticleAdvice to Writers
Excellent advice for writers from Nobel winner VS Naipul. VS Naipaul’s Rules for Beginners 1. Do not write long sentences. A sentence should not have more than ten or twelve words. 2. Each sentence...
View ArticleDisruptive Hypotheses
Though geared towards businesses, I thought this article applied equally well to writers, especially writers or speculative fiction. That the author quoted George Bernard Shaw helped in seeing this:...
View ArticleThree Day Novel Writing
Православни икониI thought this was an interesting thing. Michael Moorcock, possibly best known for his Elric series, wrote many of them in three to ten days by developing a crazy simple formula....
View ArticleThe Magic Circle
I’ve finished my first book of the year. Not that I started it this year, mind you; I started it probably back in October 2012… But I just finished it the other day. The book: The Magic Circle of...
View ArticlePen and Paper
Yesterday I came to the startling (re)discovery that I write, specifically stories, much better with pen and paper than I do on the computer. Despite having tons of great writing applications,...
View ArticleScapple
Today Literature and Latte announced the anticipated release of Scapple, their “mind mapping” software that compliments Scrivener, my writing software of choice. To get an idea of what it can do for...
View ArticleHer First Story
A couple days ago La Petita told her first made-up story, front to end. My comments are italicized. Once upon a time, she started; she knows how to start a tale, there was a little boy name named...
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