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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 grow from you. Quote of [...]

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 as we discuss the basics [...]

Writing Down the Fairy Tales…If you thought living a fairytale was tough to come by…try writing them…it is fun, but a very different world indeed… Quotes of the Week: “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. When [...]

Find another notebook…Writing from within instead of with…Conversations about writing…John E Murray III Quote by Dale Carnegie: “Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.” This [...]

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 a new forum at Story [...]

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 rarely mention it again.”

Visit with us this week as we talk with Chad Corrie (www.chadcorrie.com) about setting and creating a solid foundation on which to build your story… Setting up what follows…Conversations about writing…Chad Corrie & John E Murray III Quote by Margaret Atwood Poem from Mark Sengenberger – Me Change This week, we talk about setting and [...]

Cafe Conversations with Humble Fiction Cafe Writing Group… Quote by H.G. Wells Poem from Timothy Russell – Collapse of Summer Guest Conversation with the Humble Fiction Cafe writing Group: Here is a little about the group (http://www.humblefictioncafe.blogspot.com/): “Humble Writers. No, it’s not an oxymoron. We’re a group of aspiring and established writers in Humble, Texas [...]

Imagine New Worlds and Write with Chad Corrie… Did you find it a bit crazy that we our 13th episode is being aired on the 13th of April…we do…but, hey, there are crazier things…so, sit back, relax, and enjoy the show… Quote by Samuel Johnson Poem from Amy Lowell – Azure And Gold Guest Conversation [...]

Write and Publish Right with Robin Sullivan… Quote by HG Wells Poem from Mark Twain – Genuis Guest Conversation with Robin Sullivan Here is a little about Robin (http://www.write2publish.blogspot.com/): “I run a writer’s group in the Washington DC area with 340+ authors. Through it I do monthly free lectures on topics such as publishing, book [...]

Fantastic Fiction with Michael J Sullivan… Quote by Abraham Lincoln Poem from Alfred Lloyd Tennyson – Ask Me No More Guest Conversation with Michael J Sullivan Here is a little about Michael (http://www.michaelsullivan-author.com/): “Born in Detroit Michigan, Michael J. Sullivan has lived in Vermont, North Carolina and Virginia. He worked as a commercial artist and [...]

Fouling through to make and change your Commitments…with Bob McDonald… Quote by William James Poem from Samuel Taylor Coleridge Guest Conversation with Bob McDonald Here is a little about Bob (http://www.flagrantfoul.com): “Bob is a two-time graduate of Cleveland State University, attaining a Bachelor of Arts in History in 2002 and a Master of Education in [...]

Space…a Writing Frontier with Bart Leahy… Quote by B.F. Skinner Poem from William Blake – Sons of Los Guest Conversation with Bart Leahy Here is a little about Bart (http://www.bartacus.blogspot.com/): “I am a space advocacy writer. My background includes a Master’s degree in Technical Writing, business development writing for defense and non-defense government contractors, and [...]

Reflections on writing and publishing with Phyllis Zimbler Miller… Quote by Oscar Wilde Poem from Stephen Crane – War is Kind – Stanzas I – IV Guest Conversation with Phyllis Zimbler Miller Here is a little about Phyllis from her website (http://www.BookAuthorWebsites.com): “I’m the president of http://www.millermosaic.com, a company building WordPress.org websites for book authors [...]

Art reflecting life writing with Roberta Lee… Quote by Pearl S Buck Poem from Lord Byron (George Gordon) – She Walks in Beauty Like the Night Guest Conversation with Roberta Lee Here is a little about Roberta from her website (http://www.robertaleeart.com/): “I was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and moved to California in the early [...]