From Rick: (Sorry for the late post this week) Over the years that Scott and I have been doing this blog, from the time of our first post on August 11, 2011, we’ve shared our thoughts about writing and publishing
Read moreFrom Rick: It’s human nature to want to express and share our ideas and thoughts. Rather than regurgitate what others have written on the subject, here’s a short article that suggests how storytelling may have arisen in the first place.
Read moreby Perry Mc Daid and Rick Taubold From Rick: A little while back, Perry Mc Daid, my friend, a fellow Silver Pen director, and an excellent writer and poet, sent me a little piece called “Faith, Hope, and Clarity” in
Read moreFrom Rick: About a year ago, I saw an article by Rebecca Dickson with this inspiring title: CRAP SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU WRITERS BY NOW Read it first then come back here for my take on it. ========== Done?
Read moreFrom Rick: This week I’m going to finish the rough draft “Jury Duty,” but I’ll do it in two stages. Let me explain. A story needs five elements: setting, character, plot, conflict, resolution. The first two are easy to understand.
Read moreFrom Rick: This week I’m going to pick up where I left off two weeks ago. In that post, I began with an idea, showed how I developed it into an initial and potentially workable story concept, and created the
Read moreGuest post by Annette Taylor ========== From Rick: This week’s post comes from writer Annette Taylor who originally submitted this as an article to Fabula Argentea magazine. It was an excellent article, but FA only publishes stories. It gave me
Read moreFrom Rick: Over the next several weeks (at least), I’m going to be doing a series on how to write a story from idea to finished product. Along the way, we will also have some guest blogs that tie in
Read moreFrom Rick: One problem writers often have is how much backstory to use and when they should use (or not use) it in their stories. One writer at Silver Pen recently was dealing with this issue, so I thought this
Read moreNOTE FROM RICK: During the month of August Scott and I will be taking a hiatus from the Write Well blog while they work on their Punctuation for Fiction Writers book. In the meantime, I (Rick) obtained permission from 13Thirty
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