Football season is back and our television seems to be on non-stop with teams pushing up and down the field. I grew up around football, enough to have a deep appreciation for the game. My football coach uncle spent a Super Bowl party when I was a toddler teaching me all the referee signals (clippingContinue reading “What’s Your Point?”
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What’s Your Point?
The first two questions I ask when I start to work with a writer on their story are: There is something that brings us to the page. Some impulse, a nugget, a question. We want to share or educate or entertain or prove to that high school english teacher who told us we weren’t muchContinue reading “What’s Your Point?”
The Importance of Finding Your Story’s Heart
What is at the heart of your story? What do you want a reader to take away from your book? What is your story’s point? Sometimes, when I’m deep in the weeds of writing or stymied by a revision problem, the point of my story may seem pointless. The heart of my story seems toContinue reading “The Importance of Finding Your Story’s Heart”
Writing a Novel: What’s Your Point?
We are big Ted Lasso fans in our house. I love the messages about vulnerability, the importance of friendships, the challenge to toxic masculinity in sport and the wide world, and Ted’s down home quips that remind me of every great aunt sitting around our family reunions growing up with similar silly sayings twisting theirContinue reading “Writing a Novel: What’s Your Point?”