I started last year by completing “Unravel your 2016.” While I didn’t stick to everything, I found the exercise useful, so over the winter
Every year has its ups and downs, its achievements and its misses. Given this past election season, and the anxiety I harbor about the year
Whelp, we have officially wasted half a year. Only six month remain to make what we want to out of 2016. Don’t get me wrong,
Last week I attended ALA Annual – (the larger of the American Library Association’s conferences) for work. While I was there to present one poster,
http://www.writingexcuses.com/2015/02/22/writing-excuses-10-8-qa-on-character/ Assignment: Sketch out the events before and after your dead-drop scene from last week and three weeks ago. BEFORE: Abi was at her work,
From the second Character class (http://www.writingexcuses.com/2015/02/15/writing-excuses-10-7-who-are-all-these-people/) here is an exercise that builds on the previous one. My previous exercise can be found here: Writing Excuses
I am very candid about my mental health. In part because it is only when people are willing to discuss it that we, as a
Writing Excuses, season 10, episode 5 (http://www.writingexcuses.com/2015/02/01/writing-excuses-10-5-what-do-you-mean-my-main-character-is-boring/) homework: Take three different characters and walk them through a scene. Convey their emotional states, their jobs, and
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