Smothered in an Avalanche of Ideas What do you do when ideas come so fast they gum up the works, and the engine of your creativity grinds to a halt? Finding Your Creative Time Maybe the problem isn’t where you are writing, but when… Trouble Finding Inspiration for Your Novel? Here are some ideas to […]

Each day we post another step in the StoryWeaver method. Follow along to develop your novel step by step or jump ahead with the StoryWeaver app on our web site at Storymind.com Today’s Step: Finding Your Creative Time You sit in your favorite writing chair, by the window, on the porch, or in the study. You […]

Write Your Novel Step By Step Today’s Step: Finding Inspiration All stories begin with an inspiration – some concept that comes to mind and makes you say to yourself, “That’s a great idea for a story!” Inspiration can come from many sources: a conversation overheard at a coffee shop, a newspaper article, or a personal […]

Start with any sentence in your text, be it back story, something about your character or plot or even the outline of a scene. Example: The dog ran over the hedge. Now, ask as many intelligent, relevant questions about that sentence as you can (within reason). Example: What kind of dog? How old is the […]

Story Structure | The Structure of Plot Most authors think of plot as what their story is about. And beyond that, they recognize key events and turning points in the story that are part of plot as well. That’s a good place to start, because it is how plot appears from the creative perspective as […]

Story Structure | The Four Families of Story Structure Take a moment to consider all the different kinds of structural things you know ought to be in stories. For example: a protagonist, some sort of goal, a personal issue that needs to be resolved and perhaps even the type of story, such as a chase […]