We have all heard it now a thousand times: your work needs some kind of obstacle to keep your readers engaged. And it makes sense. Who wants to read a story about two kids who fall in love and, you know, it’s great. Everyone is sort of cool with their relationship and they have good […]
The Obstacle of Obstacles: by Angie Powers Read More »
I don’t mean to be facile, but sometimes, writers think like anorexics. As artists or writers we too often view our body of work as an actual extension of ourselves, out there to be judged, critiqued and ultimately, to fail at someone else’s idea of beauty. And that belief can lead to some damaging ways of
Does Your Body of Work Suffer from a Disorder? by Angie Powers Read More »
Lately, I’ve been struggling between the image of what I’m supposed to do and what I’m actually doing. There between my imagination and my actions lies a great chasm, a seemingly uncrossable chasm without even so much as a rope bridge to bring me across. On the one side, I have the ghosts that follow
Self-Help: by Angie Powers Read More »
So, I’m trying to figure out this whole “concept” thing. Coming from screenwriting, it seems like there is more talk of the concept or a high concept than I’ve seen in book writing circles. First, I had to figure out, what is the difference between a “concept” and a “hook.” If you look around the
What’s the Bright Idea? By Angie Powers Read More »
I was going to write something up about researching places to submit your short pieces this week, but I’ve been on vacation and in addition to not having done much in the way of my own research, I had a very strange experience that I thought I’d toss out there and see if others have
Spirit of the Thing – E-Readers and Fiction: by Angie Powers Read More »
Last week I completed a series on doing things in public. Just getting a first draft out there wasn’t so hard. Going through revision in front of folks, a little harder. But, it’s all blog posts. Yes, I put effort into it, but a post doesn’t represent my heart and soul’s desire and effort. Not
Dangerous and Fun: by Angie Powers Read More »
Okay, sorry about the hiatus last week. Lots has been going on at Casa Powers. Still and all, here it is. A couple of weeks go I mentioned the following as my goal to revising the piece: 1. It isn’t 100% quite “finished.” That is, my gut knows there is something not there yet about
Revising in Public: by Angie Powers Read More »
Ah, revision. It is a difficult thing and also a splendid thing. See my previous post if you want to see the original version of the piece I wrote and will now begin to revise. In the meantime, let me tell you what my marinating and letting it go has made me think. You may
Revving Up for Revision: By Angie Powers Read More »
Now we post our 500 Words. First of all, I have a very long outline. I could write a 500 word synopsis, but that would be a little silly given the way we outline. The outline had a lot of text already, more or less in the form of a synopsis. So my goal here,
Rubber Meets the Road – Your Fast First Draft: by Angie Powers Read More »
When we think of outlines, we often think one of two things: 1) boring, linear Roman Numeraled points we want to make for an essay in school or 2) a brutal formula we are forced to shoe horn our brilliant creativity into to meet some external standard or narrative. In today’s blog, I’m going to
5 Steps to a Fast and Fun Outline: by Angie Powers Read More »
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