Author Updates – Chad Corrie

We have two updates from Chad Corrie…Chad has appeared on many RamblingVerser Podcasts…If you are in the area, please stop by and support Chad… Direct from www.chadcorrie.com: Chad will be running another World Building Workshop at the Fridley Community Center starting on the last week of April. Once again he … Continue reading

Story Institute RamblingVerser – Episode 24 – Foreshadowing & Tying Up Your Story

You’ve heard this before…or, maybe we forgot to include the foreshadowing… In today’s episode, we talk with Chad Corrie (www.chadcorrie.com) about foreshadowing and tying up your story. What information did you feed your readers? Did you give them enough information to keep reading? Does the ending make sense to the … Continue reading

Story Institute RamblingVerser – Episode 23 – Motive & Action

Get motivated and create action within your stories… In today’s episode, we talk with Chad Corrie (www.chadcorrie.com) about motive and influencing action within a story. Why do characters behave the way they do? Where do the characters look to motivation? Well, if you are a writer, these items originate and … Continue reading

Story Institute RamblingVerser – Episode 22 – Conflict

Add a conflict or don’t…being conflicted within your story… In today’s episode, we talk with Chad Corrie (www.chadcorrie.com) about conflict in a story. Stories need conflict of some sort to grow, progress, and maintain interest. What is the conflict within your story? How have you let it grow? Listen in … Continue reading

Author Announcement – Chad Corrie Fan Page

As our regular listeners to Story Institute’s RamblingVerser will know, Chad Corrie has been an invaluable guest and integral author to our podcast conversations. Chad recently shared an announcement with us about an addition to his new website. Read below for some writing directions and opportunities and become a fan … Continue reading

Story Institute RamblingVerser – Episode 19

Adding character to your characters…Conversations about writing…Chad Corrie & John E Murray III Quote by Jim Henson: “Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.” This week, we talk about characters, how they start, and how they grow into the breath of their stories… We have … Continue reading

Story Institute RamblingVerser – Episode 18

Plot your plot…Conversations about writing…Chad Corrie & John E Murray III Quote by Walt Disney: ““Ideas come from curiosity. When I settle one idea, my confidence takes command; and nothing can shake it, and I am constant to it until it comes a reality. Then I drop it abruptly, and … Continue reading