Occasionally there are things that happen in life that seem unfair and very underhanded. You can take those events and use them in your stories to enhance what you are having your characters experience. This will make your story more believable and many people will be able to connect with your character(s) and what they [...]
Anyone who creates needs a steady influx of new ideas. Everything every created, everything ever invented, began with a tiny gem of an idea in someone’s mind. Every single one began the same way. So it follows that if we don’t have any ideas to work with, we’re not going to be able to create [...]
Many people I talk to…tell me if they could have one financial wish…it would be to become financially free… To create multiple streams of passive income that would make them “set for life.” As a writer every written work you get paid to write or are selling yourself off line as well as online can [...]
Problems that you can solve with your writing are like alligators: Stage 1: They are born small. Stage 2: They get big, strong and smart. Stage 3: They intimidate. Stage 4: They can live a long time. Start writing and sharing your problem solving skills as soon as you discover that your approach worked. Your [...]
Everyone thinks that their problems are unique. They take them in, internalize them and fester on them. They must be unique because if they weren’t they could just find out what someone else did to fix it and do that. As we grow up we are programmed not to talk about our problems and hence [...]
Prairie dog families live in underground colonies called burrows. The burrows can be more than a hundred feet (30 meters) long and have many different compartments (at bottom) where the prairie dogs sleep, raise their young, and stay safe from predators. They are part of the squirrel family and multiply very [...]
Now that the holidays are past and we are beginning to get back to normal schedules is a great time to think about some of the events that you could use to tell some short stories. You could break down the categories into EX: travel, friends, events, experiences shopping or any others that apply to [...]
I discovered something very interesting yesterday when I was taking a class. I really enjoy learning and then sharing that experience of what I learned with others. The way I can do that is to write about what I learned, how it made me feel and how empowered I was as a result of learning. [...]
Around every corner you can find a scheme or scam. They are all over the news in every area, every field and often in unexpected places. These make perfect content for plots and twists in your plot when you begin to write. One statement that I remember clearly is “truth is stranger than fiction” I [...]
March is Women’s History Month in the Unites States. It is a time for celebrating women’s heritage and inspiring stories. Women have always had a role in keeping the history of their families and communities alive through storytelling, handing down recipes and keeping family treasures safe. Using that as your theme, even you men, can [...]