Monthly Archives: June 2019

Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling #ThrowbackThursday

This post originally appeared three years ago, on July 22, 2016. I’m reposting it for #ThrowbackThursday Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling Pixar Studios has developed wonderful stories in the past twenty-five years. These include the Toy Story series; UP; Wall-e (my favorite), Finding Nemo; Monsters, Inc. We can identify with many of the characters and…

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Five Plot Elements Every Writer Should Use #AuthorToolBoxBlogHop

Five plot elements are necessary to build a story. Each must happen for the story to succeed, and they must happen in the order given. Continue reading

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Seven Tips to Edit Your Rough Draft #ThrowbackThursday

If editing is your least favorite part of writing, this post is for you! I will show you seven tips for editing and proofreading your rough draft and take your book to the next level. I’ve just finished the final, final, final edits for Snow White and the Eighth Dwarf. Proofreading it was a long,…

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