Creating Your Hero’s Fatal Flaw
Posted on Friday, August 27th, 2010 by Kelsey Browning
Morning, RU crew! We’re fortunate to have Laurie Schnebly Campbell join us once again to talk about character development. This time, she’ll tell us why our story hero shouldn’t be perfect and how we can [...]
continue readingVoice vs. Style
Posted on Friday, August 13th, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn
Good morning and welcome to Chaos Theory of Writing! It’s my great pleasure to welcome RITA and Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement award winner Jennifer Greene. I first heard Jennifer’s workshop on voice and style a [...]
continue readingCTW: The Darker Side of Paranormal by Alexandra Sokoloff
Posted on Friday, July 2nd, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn
Good morning and welcome Chaos Theory of Writing! Today, I’m excited to introduce supernatural thriller author Alexandra Sokoloff to the RU Crew. I first heard of Alex through a friend who used her Screenwriting Tricks [...]
continue readingCTW: His Personality Ladder by Laurie Schnebly Campbell
Posted on Friday, June 25th, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn
Good morning and welcome to Chaos Theory of Writing! Today, our dear friend Laurie Schnebly Campbell joins us to discuss the hero’s arc via the personality ladder. Laurie has a lot of ground to cover, [...]
continue readingCTW: How to Write a Synopsis Without Losing Your Mind
Posted on Friday, May 28th, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn
Good morning and welcome to Chaos Theory of Writing! RU Readers are in for a real treat today. Urban Fantasy writer C.J. Redwine switches gears to discuss the art of synopsis writing. If you’re a [...]
continue readingComedy is Serious Business
Posted on Friday, May 7th, 2010 by Kelsey Browning
Today, we have a fun Friday treat, talking with author Kimberly Llewellyn about comedy in today’s market. I know many of us are personally invested in romantic comedy and are eager to see light contemporaries make [...]
continue readingThe Dirty Little Secrets of Character Development
Posted on Friday, April 30th, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn
Welcome to Chaos Theory of Writing day! Author Keena Kincaid is here to answer your questions about how secrets motivate characters at the deepest level and how these secrets, when properly revealed, propel the plot [...]
continue readingSetting as Character: An Interactive Approach
Posted on Friday, April 9th, 2010 by Tracey Devlyn
Good morning and welcome to Chaos of Theory of Writing! Today, our Visiting Professor has a split personality–Jade Lee and Kathy Lyons. The persona I got to know was Jade Lee. I met her through [...]
continue readingChallenging Couples in Love
Posted on Friday, March 26th, 2010 by Kelsey Browning
Challenging couples in love is fun. We get to take two wonderful people who are really just perfect for each other, and make them suffer. If you’re cringing at the very idea, you’re not alone — most of us became romance writers because we believe in happy endings, and we hate to see the people we care about suffering!
continue readingUse Your Intuition to Enhance Your Creativity
Posted on Friday, March 5th, 2010 by Kelsey Browning
Creativity always seems like such an elusive concept to me. What force inside humans compels us to sing, dance, sculpt, and write?
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