Okay, so I’ve written this story or anecdote. It says what I wanted to say, fits with my speech, has a strong character, action and dialogue and it comes to a solid conclusion. Great stuff! Ready to go!
Not so fast. This is the point at which a carpenter making a table would have joined the [...]
Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Polishing your story
Posted in For Toastmasters, General on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Confidence
Posted in For Toastmasters, General, Uncategorized on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I first started writing my stories were about people very different from myself – different age, gender, nationality, living lives not at all like mine. After all, my life was so ordinary, I thought, that no-one would be the least bit interested in hearing about it.
As I’ve grown and learned about writing fiction I’ve [...]
Jim Loehr “The Power of Story”
Posted in General on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This book was recommended to me a couple of years ago and I actually bought it, rather than borrowing it from the library. Good decision. It’s one of the few books I re-read because its message is so valuable.
Jim Loehr is a sports psychologist, working with top class professional athletes. So what has this got [...]
Inventory
Posted in General, tagged characters, ideas on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That’s right, inventory.
I know that, as a topic, it doesn’t quite seem to fit but bear with me.
I usually write these posts every second or third day and I try to decide on the topic the day before I write. That way I can mull it over and have it in some sort of shape [...]
A Bedtime Story
Posted in General, tagged action, Character, point on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was watching this ad on TV where the mom curled up in bed with her adorable little daughter and read about two lines of a story. Her ‘daughter’, on cue, yawned and fell asleep with her adorable lashes curled adorably on her adorable cheeks.
This is not the way I remember it happening. In my [...]
