Writer, Reader, Photographer, Herder of Cats, Collector of Dusty/Old Things.
I have tried many ways to outline over the years. But last night I stayed up to finish a chapter I've been working on, and for the first time in a LONG time, I felt really good about my writing. I was excited. When I sat down with my outline, I loosely followed Blake Snyder's Save… Continue reading Writing: Hitting My Marks
I HATE reading boring exposition. I know it's sometimes necessary. But come on! Do I REALLY want to read four hideously LONG pages of the "rules" of your story's special snowflake universe? Umm...no. Anyway, I've been playing with my storyboard this afternoon, trying to figure out how to NOT be THAT writer when I… Continue reading Hiding Information with the ‘Pope in the Pool’
Hubby and I finished listening to the audiobook of Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need by Blake Snyder, published back in 2005. (I wrote about the "beats" of this book last Saturday.) I play at writing. My hubby doesn't. Neither of us has ANY interest in writing a screenplay. However, we both… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
JULI HOFFMAN 