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April Regular Workshops…
Two Extra For Only This Month… For just this month, Heinlein’s Rules and Applied Depth are back as Regular workshops, meaning I will respond to assignments sent in on them. Only for April!! If you have a lifetime workshop and want to have assignments, just write me and I will get you the code to get into the April classes. Here is the April list of Regular Workshops and their start dates… #32… Apr 2nd… Heinlein’s Rules (this month only) #34… Apr 2nd… Writing into the Dark #35… Apr 2nd… Teams in Fiction #36… Apr 3rd… Writing with Depth (start with this one) #37… Apr 3rd… Applied Depth (this month…
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2 More Days On Sale!
Advanced Humor Class Started!!! Yes, after all the years of people asking, Kris and I are actually going to teach how to write humor in fiction. 9 weeks long. Advanced Humor class. It is started. Nine weeks long. Also starting is the Advanced Character Development class. And all of the Regular workshops for March. Here is the post from the other night on how to get all this and more at half price. ———— Everything on WMGTeachable is 50% off. Everything. And below are some really cool workshops. To get 50% off, simply hit purchase on the class or workshop or subscription you want to take, then on the next…
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Classes Starting This Next Week…
Advanced Humor Class… Yes, on March 5th, after all the years of people asking, Kris and I are actually going to teach how to write humor in fiction. 9 weeks long. Advanced Humor class. Also starting is the Advanced Character Development class. And all of the Regular workshops for March. Here is the post from the other night on how to get all this and more at half price. ———— Everything on WMGTeachable is 50% off. Everything. And below are some really cool workshops. To get 50% off, simply hit purchase on the class or workshop or subscription you want to take, then on the next page put in the…
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Some Fun Stuff in the Workshop Sale…
Great Learning in the Sale… As I said a couple nights ago, we only do sales now when we open a new Shopify store and we had no plans for a new store any time this spring. Thus no workshop sales. But then the WMG Writer Store arrived, and it is getting nifty stuff added every day now. So with the new store firing up, we can do a Teachable workshop sale. So now if you want some class or workshop, you can grab it at half price. Everything on WMGTeachable is 50% off. Everything. And below are some really cool workshops. To get 50% off, simply hit purchase on…
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March Regular Workshops Up For Sale…
First Full Workshop Sale Since November!! As I said last night we only do sales now when we open a new Shopify store and we had no plans for a new store any time this spring. Thus no workshop sales. But then the WMG Writer Store arrived and it is getting nifty stuff added every day now. Right now you can even get a t-shirt that says, “Setting Would Be Nice.” So with the new store firing up, we can do a Teachable workshop sale. So now if you want some class or workshop, you can grab it at half price. Everything on WMGTeachable is 50% off. Everything. And below…
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Fiction Branding… Part 2
When To Think About Branding… Being a fiction writer is a fine balance in your head of being completely creative and telling the best story you can while at the same time holding in check all the critical voice stuff that says everything you are writing is crap. Long-term professional fiction writers have this controlled completely in one way or another. Early stage and middle stage fiction writers fight the battle with every story or novel. The key early on is to clear out or hold back the critical voice while trying to stay out of the way of the creative voice. Most writers fail and thus have short careers.…
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New Regular Workshop
Using Paradox in Your Fiction… This is a new regular workshop starting February 7th. It will be available as a regular workshop for at least six months. It is on Teachable. As we said last fall, we will be adding in a bunch of new regular workshops this year. This is the first. Here is the basic description… Learn how to use the concept of paradox in your fiction writing. Paradox pits two seemingly unrelated elements together, which by the very nature creates great stories and tension. Nothing in great fiction is ever what it seems. And in fiction, if it is, that is boring and boring is deadly to…
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Editing and Reading Observations… Part 4…
Back Reading Stories Again… A lot of the same things I already mentioned. No real depth (setting) gets me to stop reading fairly quickly. Going on and on and on without ever getting to a story (walking to a story) makes me read more than I want to, but I never get to the story or the ending. So I saw more of the same stuff I saw in the first three posts on this topic. But tonight (from a couple of stories) I got something new for this reading. Stories started with great depth, great character voice, and both had fun ideas that could work for Pulphouse. I was…
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Workshops Starting…
Today Last Day To Join Challenges… A bunch of workshops started today that seemed to have gotten lost in the shuffle of the challenges. And a couple will start next Tuesday. Shopify Part Two and the Kickstarter Special Workshop will start next week. Those in the Kickstarter special class, expect a letter from me this weekend. The January Regular Workshops just started today. #4… Jan 2nd… Writing into the Dark #5… Jan 2nd… Teams in Fiction #6…Jan 3rd… Writing with Depth (start with this one) #8…Jan 3rd… Killing the Critical Voice #10…Jan 3rd… Advanced Depth The two nine-week Advanced Craft classes just started. Advanced Dialog Advanced Pacing The two 52…
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Step Two… Ramp Up
Starting From Zero Seldom Works… For any of us, no matter how much practice and years we have under our fingers. And I know, I have tried to just start writing at full speed. Many times, actually. Most of the time it fails in frustration or at best turns into a ramp-up I should have done earlier. How much time does it take to ramp into writing, get comfortable, after taking some time off? Got a hunch that number changes with each person, but honestly, two or three days at most for me and most other writers I know. For me, I sit down (after I have everything organized… another…