Why You Should Shoot Your Novel
There’s a whole lot more to “showing” than you think! Sol Stein in his book Stein on Writing says, “Twentieth-century…
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6 Cinematic Techniques You Can Apply to Your Novel Right Now
Many of us were raised watching thousands of movies and television shows. The style, technique, and methods used in film…
How to Construct Scenes Using a Variety of Camera Shots
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from past posts on Live Write Thrive that tie in with…
Using Close-Ups in Your Scenes to Get Personal
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from past posts on Live Write Thrive that tie in with…
3 Ways to Not Lose Your Readers on Your First Page
Readers will often stop reading before they finish the first page of your story. While this has always been true,…
How Novelists Can Benefit from Using Cinematic Scene Structure
We’ve covered a lot of diverse topics in this mulit-month look at scene structure. I mentioned in January how weak…
Why Cinematic Technique Is Essential for Novelists
This week I’ve released my new writing craft book Shoot Your Novel, which I feel offers writing tools that are not…
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