Mary Brotherton

Posts Tagged ‘writer’

How many novels have you read with characters whose names annoy you? Maybe they remind you of someone in your office or share the same name as your ex. Perhaps the name is bothersome because you’ve seen it in so many other stories. It can be confusing for a writer with a new story; you [...]

Probably one of the hardest things, for many who try to maintain an active web blog, is keeping the content fresh. For me, it’s not that I don’t have current ideas and interesting things to say, but rather finding time to keep my own site updated. With the highly successful social networking sites and business [...]

Isn’t Tumblemoose a great word? It’s also the name for a webpage by George Angus. He’s a writer for hire, but aren’t we all? George trolls the internet and finds great pages and resources then puts them on his site. I asked permission to borrow from his hard work and he agreed. If you are [...]

If playing with your muse or writing flash fiction hasn’t helped you move along in your writing project, here’s another idea to consider which often helps some writers kick-start their big project: Journal! Oh, you say you don’t care to write in a journal? Then why not sit down with paper and pen, think of [...]

1. Overcoming the monster — defeating some force, which threatens such as in Star Wars or James Bond. 2. The Quest — typically a group sets off in search of something and usually finds it as in Watership Down, Pilgrim’s Progress, Lord of the Rings. 3. Journey and Return — the hero journeys away from [...]

Condensing George Polti’s list of 36: 1 – [wo]man vs. nature 2 – [wo]man vs. man 3 – [wo]man vs. the environment 4 – [wo]man vs. machines/technology 5 – [wo]man vs. the supernatural 6 – [wo]man vs. self 7 – [wo]man vs. god/religion