Writing Frustrations or How Not to Write a Novel…

I have been struggling today with my new novel, working out the structure using John Truby’s The Anatomy of Story. It’s difficult because I started with an image and have written probably sixty or seventy pages of this novel, but realize that I have a big problem. My main character, a 17-year-old girl, is not…

Prompt: Upcoming Writing Conference: I Could Use Your Help

I am presenting this next week-end at the Story Circle Network national writing conference in Austin.  The title of my workshop is “How to Improve Your Writing in Just 20 Minutes a Day,” and this workshop was the reason I started my blog several months back.  I am looking forward to the conference. I teach…