Newsletter Let your writing marinate Writing is thinking, idea generation, and creating something of value.
This isn’t the newsletter Over the past few weekends, I've been travelling a lot. These trips take me up north and have disrupted my regular access to a solid internet connection. This has made it challenging to keep up with the current schedule of sending the newsletter out. However, I enjoy doing it and
Notes on Writing The danger of simplicity The main reason I like teaching WOARO (want, obstacle, action, response, outcome) is its simplicity. Everything I read about story previously had been overly-complicated and rigid. Too many terms, too many plot points, and too many long lists to fill out about characters. However, I worry that I sometimes take
Newsletter Can story exist without conflict? Seeking stories without conflict and writing to find out what you don’t want to know.
My Blog It’s about the paperclips Universal Paperclips TM is an odd game. You begin by running a factory that makes and sells paperclips. The goal seems to be about earning money, so that you can buy more efficient machines, and build your wealth. But then it changes. Without trying to spoil it too much, you
My Blog Being Jupiter, Conflict, and Doing Nothing I was listening to Seth Godin this morning and heard this: What’s it for? For something to be for something, it means that it was created as an intervention. That you are bringing something to the world to make a change happen. So, the planet Jupiter... What is Jupiter
My Blog Story is not plot. Story is what happens. Plot is how it happens. When you say you are telling a story without conflict, are you really? Whether you hide it or move it around doesn’t remove it from the story; it’s most likely there. Even more so, there are probably a lot
Newsletter Make it happen Happy Friday! Travelling today and poor internet, so no photo and things are running a little late. Here are the 5 things (kind of) I'm sharing this week: One thing I can't (or maybe won't) share is the small signal I finally found out in the middle of the woods
Question of the Week QotW: Immediate understanding If you could learn one idea or concept about writing, publishing, or book marketing right now, what would it be?
Newsletter Did we make the right decision? Second-guessing, a question about helpful advice, and a story plot without conflict.
Notes on Writing Did we make the right decision to quit selling through Amazon? Over a year ago, my writing partner and I decided to pull our books from Amazon. We had various reasons, but the sticking point for me was always how they acted as a company. Of course, they are in service to their shareholders and that many people have benefitted from
Question of the Week QotW: Helpful advice This weekend, I went to the lake and read. I've had a long backlog of articles about writing, newsletters, and marketing, and was thrilled to get through them. Amongst all of them, there were some wonderful nuggets of advice—which got me thinking of this question of the week: What
Newsletter Within walking distance I took a long walk, I shared my writing related projects, and I share a quote about creation and resonance.
Question of the Week QotW: Big Projects For context as to why this inaugural Monday Meet-up is happening on a Tuesday, I have to tell you about my summer goals. Most of the projects are pretty tame: finish Book 4, start Book 5, work on personal writing, finish up the deck at the cabin. But listed at
Comments are now open If you haven't noticed, comments have been enabled on the blog—including newsletters! (❗To keep the spam out, you must be a free or paying member to participate.) A big reason for turning them on is that starting next week, I'm trying something new. On Monday, I'm kicking off a
Newsletter Some things end, some things change This has been a week full of travel, reflection, and decisions.
Notes on Writing I wrote a new story every day for 31 days. This is what I learned. A month ago, I decided to write a new story every day and publish it. Yesterday I quit, and these are some of the things I learned.
