Ciao! Staci here again. I'm wrapping up my WIP and about to start another. That --- plus the fact that more than one person has asked me about this lately --- made me think it might be the perfect time to discuss the synopsis. Why is this the perfect time? (I mean, other than people … Continue reading In Summary… The Synopsis
Friday Book Share ~ Fav Writing Books
Hey SE Readers. It’s Friday and time for another book share. I usually share a work of fiction (after all this site is about writing fiction), but today I’m going to do something a little different. I’m going to share a few of my favorite (and most helpful) books on writing. The Emotion Thesaurus by … Continue reading Friday Book Share ~ Fav Writing Books
Expanding on living documents
Hi gang, Craig here again. I've written about my living documents here before. You can check out this post from 2016. I'm still a big believer in living documents, but it's become more of an expanded library now. Turns out, these don't have to be limited to documents. My story boards are living documents, in … Continue reading Expanding on living documents
How to Use Scrivener’s Scratchpad
Good morning to all the Story Empire readers! PH here with another useful tip for using Scrivener so let's dive right into it! If you read this blog very much then you know I like finding and figuring out how to use the various tools and settings in Scrivener so I can write more efficiently. … Continue reading How to Use Scrivener’s Scratchpad
Five for Friday: Beginnings
Ciao! Today is a "Five for Friday" post, and I thought it might be fun to see how a novel begins. I don't know about you, but I find beginnings to be difficult. I'm an outliner, so I have a plan when I start and I know what I want. But getting in the groove … Continue reading Five for Friday: Beginnings
