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We’re done! But I thought you might like a re-cap and a table of contents. The 31-day Think Like a Writer series challenges writers to write at least 750 words each and every day for a month. I used the website 750words.org, but you can do it with pencil and paper or on your computer. [...]
In our continuing quest to write 750 words per day for a month, today we will look at unlikeable main characters. Here’s the thing: readers need to LIKE your character. Why else would they spend hours walking in their shoes? But what if your character is in mental anguish, or like to hurt puppies, or [...]
In our continuing quest to write 750 words a day, today, we will think like our opposites. Our enemies. There is always two sides to a story and to Think Like a Writer, we need to explore the full emotional depth of our story or novel. Today, write a scene from a character who represents [...]
IN the on-going series of Thinking Like a Writer, everyone can recite the plot diagram of rising action which ends in a climax and denouement. But writers can’t just recite the particulars of a diagram; instead, we must create a plot that changes a character in some way. One way to get at that change [...]
Is 750 words per day getting easier or harder? January 2012 is a month when I am making a commitment to write at least 750 words each day. For me, it’s hard to get started, but goes easily once I actually go to 750words.com and log in. Just knowing that it is timed makes me [...]
I am trying to keep up with my friend, Charlie, who has ridden his bike over 25 miles a day for over 3000 consecutive days. I want to write 750 words a day and I’m using 750words.com to keep track of everything. The point of this exercise is to make sure I am Thinking Like [...]
I’m on a 4 day streak, after messing up a 36 day streak of writing daily on 750words.com. Sigh. Why did I mess up? Too many family issues going on. If you’re writing 750 words daily, too, part of the goal is to learn to think like a writer. Character relationships are important to establish, [...]
This month, I am trying to Think Like a Writer and write 750 words a day, practicing my writing, much like a musician plays scales daily. When you introduce a character, do you say something like this? John Doe, age 37, trotted down the street. The question is how old is the character and how [...]
The following are the top posts of 2011 on Fiction Notes. Checklist of 17 Character Qualities 43 Book Trailer Sites to Inspire, Instruct and Share 15 Days to Stronger Characters 29 Plot Templates: Know the Readers Expectations Before you Bust Them How to Create Whacky, Interesting Character Descriptions that Stick with a Reader Outline Level [...]
The Think Like a Writer series continues here with an exhortation to continue thinking in sensory details, the basic exercise of any writer. Today, think about how a person moves as a way to characterize him or her. Action and Metaphors of Action She is as lithe as a jaguar. That simile evokes a certain [...]
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