A Vlog about World Building Using Maps!
by Julie Eshbaugh ~~~ Hi Guys! For today’s post I made a video about world building using maps and floor plans. I hope you enjoy it and find it helpful! Please leave comments letting me know your...
View ArticleWriting Tips for the Horrifically Over-Scheduled
by Julie Eshbaugh ~~~ In the last few weeks, things have gotten out of control as far as my personal schedule is concerned. My “online presence” has really dwindled – I’m rarely on Twitter, the blogs,...
View ArticleAsk Your Characters Some Tough Questions!
by Julie Eshbaugh ~~~ Where does a writer start when he or she sets out to create a character? There are COUNTLESS character worksheets available, and most of them will serve as a fairly good starting...
View ArticleFictional Time Travel That Won’t Make a Physicist Cringe
by Julie Eshbaugh ~~~ A while back I discovered a fantastic article about time travel on Slate.com. The author, Dave Goldberg, both a physicist and self-proclaimed science-fiction geek, wrote the post...
View ArticleGot Writing Prompts?
by Julie Eshbaugh ~~~ There seems to be an on-going debate about the existence of writer’s block. Whether you believe in writer’s block as a full-blown phenomenon or see it as another way of describing...
View ArticleNarrative Tension and the Ticking Clock
by Julie Eshbaugh ~~~ “The ticking clock,” is a plot device that is used to constrain your story and put a time limit on your protagonist as he or she works to resolve a conflict. The concept is simple...
View ArticleDictate Your Story – An Unconventional Method of Completing A First Draft
by Julie Eshbaugh ~~~ Each of us has a personal writing style when it comes to getting that first, rough draft down on paper. Some writers type rapidly and let their words pour onto the page in a...
View ArticleHigh Context Versus Low Context – the Communication Style of Your Story
by Julie Eshbaugh ~~~ In 1976, Anthropologist Edward T. Hall published a book titled BEYOND CULTURE. Through this book, Hall popularized a theory of two main styles of communication. He called these...
View ArticleResearching Your Story – A Four-Step Strategy
by Julie Eshbaugh ~~~ Unless you’re writing a book about your own life, chances are you’ll have to do some sort of research before you can say your novel is finished. (Even if your book IS about your...
View ArticleShould Your Story Be Told by an Unreliable Narrator?
by Julie Eshbaugh ~~~ Stories told in first-person POV are enjoying great popularity at the moment. I myself write in first-person almost exclusively. The benefits and limits of first person have been...
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