Around the writing blogosphere this week the talk was all about the Writers Guild suing the big talent agencies over shonky deals with writers. I have been hearing over the years the grumblings from the screenwriters over Agencies practice of packaging which has torpedoed careers and projects. It’s an insidious form of creative accounting. NPR explains what is happening and why.
Wattpad has been moving from being an online publisher of fan content to being a TV and movie studio... to being a 'proper' publisher. They have a new imprint for the country from which their biggest supporters come from. It's not who you think...
Amy Shojai has an interesting post on the Alliance of Independent Authors blog on audiobooks. This format has been increasing in leaps and bounds over the last year with some new players on the block shaking things up. Also well worth trawling through is the Alli conference website with all the fabulous goodies from their recent 24-hour online conference.
We are heading in Easter weekend and writers everywhere will be wondering how much writing they will get done over the weekend. Here are three really interesting posts on the creative life.
Creativity and discipline- 3 ways to cultivate it by Nathan Wade, guest posting on The Creative Penn
Creative life boundaries by Scott Myers from Go Into The Story
The critical voice- Kristine Kathryn Rusch- Excellent blog post!
E J Runyon has a guest post on Anne R Allen's blog on writing what you know as a starting point for writing. She discusses using sense memory as a creative kick start. Great Post!
In The Craft Section,
Story structure explained- September Fawkes- BookmarkThe understory- Stephen Pressfield- Bookmark
Struggling with flashbacks?- Sara Letourneau- Bookmark
Are writing prompts helpful- Savannah Cordova- Bookmark
Ctl Alt Del 3 act structure- Go Into The Story
In The Marketing Section,
How to promote with your posse- Pauline WilesFocused goals help sell books- Penny Sansevieri
How to use your book cover to sell more books- A D Starrling- Bookmark
Metadata and Book distribution resource checklist- Alli Blog- Bookmark
Creative resources for making the most of Instagram - Frances Caballo- Bookmark
To Finish,
Collaboration is a beautiful thing. The most fun I've had is when I've been involved in a team planning a project. There's something about creative energy in a team that magnifies your ideas and kick starts your own creativity. I'm lucky to belong to the Fabo team of writers who started quite a few years ago writing story prompts for children in the winter terms of our school year. We kick off again at the beginning of the next school term. However, read this little gem of a story which takes the collaboration model of writing and kicks it up a notch.Maureen
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