by MKMarketing | Apr 20, 2015 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts
I spend a lot of time thinking about my character’s motivation. If you don’t believe me, you should see some (unpublished) stories I wrote a few years back, where character origins and backstory flood the pages where plot and emotional reaction ought to...
by MKMarketing | Feb 25, 2015 | For the love of writing, Short stories, Your highest potential
I was challenged to write a horror story a month ago, about the things that sadden, disgust, and disturb me. I don’t write horror. It may sound silly, but I hold to the belief that what we think about makes up who we are. I don’t want to ponder the things...
by MKMarketing | Feb 16, 2015 | Best Writer Tips, Guest posts, Writing Prompt, Your highest potential
Have you ever been chased by someone in your dreams? Been naked in public? Flown like a bird around a city? Or just felt utterly lost in a maze-like building? There are twelve basic dream patterns that all of us dream, regardless of who we are, what we do or where we...
by MKMarketing | Dec 1, 2014 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts, Your highest potential
Congratulations on completing the draft of your novel! That messy hunk of love is ready for polishing. Literary agent Jill Corcoran and Plot Whisperer goddess Martha Alderson have joined forces to help you maintain the swift progress of NaNoWriMo as you edit, revise...
by MKMarketing | Oct 14, 2014 | Fiction Novel Writing
As a competing mentee in this year’s Pitch Wars, I’ve been working on formulating a pitch. It would seem that, having dreamed up, outlined, and written an entire novel (and I won’t even go into the number of revisions I’ve done) that I should...
