Morning! (or afternoon/evening/zzzz) Hope you’ve got your writing mojo churning… time for some fun with one of my favorite authors: K.M. Weiland. As I sit here sipping my lukewarm coffee, ready to re-heat it for the second time, I received KM’s email, and joy filled my heart. Well, perhaps not that intense of an emotion, but I am always happy to open her emails and read her pearls of wisdom.

The Ah-Ha Moment

I am continually looking for the nuggets of wisdom in everything I read, listen to, or see. Everything teaches me something. And then, when I least expect it, clarity, the fog lifts and I say . . . Ah-ha, that is so simple, why didn’t I see that before?

Of course, I have to choose the right “partners” and whether they are an 85-year-old repeating the same story to me for the fiftieth time, or a writers conference filled with thousands of like-minded people, I smile and know that I will always . . . ALWAYS . . . be inspired.

Being a writer is thrilling, frustrating and lonely.

Writers are a different breed and if you can find like-minded people that you connect with, that is the ultimate treasure. So, when one of my favorite authors sends me an email, I smile, knowing that whatever she says will help get the writing juices flowing and for that moment, I am not alone.

New “writing” Series by KM Weiland

The Two Halves of the Inciting Event
The Call to Adventure and the Refusal of the Call

Stories are made of scenes. By one of their simplest definitions, scenes are transitions. They signify a change of some sort—an arc. They start in one place (whether a physical place or an abstract “place”), and they end in another. This is how we determine whether or not something happens in a scene and “moves the plot.” Therefore, by definition, we can see how scenes may be viewed as essentially a whole of two halves.

This is nowhere more important or true than of major structural moments. The major turning points of the plot are the scenes that must dynamically change the conditions of the story and the characters in it. If these structural scenes fail to change or move the plot, then the entire story’s structure weakens and, eventually, crumbles.

Start Reading . . . https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/the-two…/

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There are literally thousands of newsletters you can sign up for, and you have to find the ones that work for you. Here are my favorites, the ones I always open. They don’t spam with dozens of emails – although Writers Digest sends more, but that is expected.

• KM Weiland  :  https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com
• Jane Friedman  :  https://www.janefriedman.com
• Writers Digest  :  https://www.writersdigest.com

Who are your favorites? Let me know.

Read, Listen, Learn… repeat

Enjoy!

Suz

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