Savoring the final hours of 2015 Savoring seems to be the theme of this year's holiday -- savoring, reflecting, mourning and cheering this year's firsts. What a year it has been -- filled with anguish and loss, discovery and freedom! My personal and professional year-at-a-glance 10 points of gratitude: 1) Shot out of 2014 and into 2015 with the launch of this website and blog that fully integrates for the first time nearly all sides of my work -- Blockbuster Plots, Plot Whisperer blog and …
Plan Now for 2016
Plan Now for 2016 I plan to keep this little video handy over the holidays. The tone and pace and visual images immediately relax me and ignite my imagination. Watch it as often as you like throughout the day for a moment of pause, reflection, meditation, gratitude and relaxation. Just the music alone will soothe you! Of course, we'd love you to attend but even if you're unable to, watch and listen, mull over the queries, daydream about your life and imagine what next year can be for you. …
How to Fuse an Emotional Connection with Your Reader
How to Fuse an Emotional Connection with Your Reader Action creates the pace of a story and determines the level of story excitement. The thematic significance reveals the meaning of the piece. The trick how to fuse an emotional connection with your reader is through the character. An emotional connection is fused between the reader and the story through the character emotional development. Not simply how a character develops and transforms physically and intellectually, outfoxing, …
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Shadow Obstacles in Your Story & Your Life
Shadow Obstacles in Your Story & Your Life I write a lot about how the obstacles and antagonists your character meets in the middle of your novel, memoir, screenplay on the way to her goal often mirror the obstacles you meet in your life on your way to your goal of finishing your story. Shadow obstacles like fear, resistance, anger, negative thinking, blame, shame, frustration, interfering and uncooperative people and situations, difficult tasks, ignorance, naiveté and conflicting beliefs …
1st Annual WriterPath Renewal Retreat
Spend Saturday, December 12th at the beach in Santa Cruz, CA visualizing your ideal 2016 at the 1st Annual WriterPath Renewal Retreat! We invite you to give yourself the gift of time to plan for and create the life you want in 2016 at this 1st Annual unique WriterPath Renewal Retreat at the beach. In one day, you'll see your life in a completely new way. You'll be given the chance to embrace the positive elements and explore what's keeping you from success. Everyone is welcome. No writing …
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