Don’t worry about happy endings. Not every great story has one. Just make sure your characters have grown and changed throughout your story. Their ending might not be perfect but as long as the reader is satisfied you’ve done your job as an author.
Author: This Writer's Life
Monday Motivation-What’s Your Why?
This is the last quote of the year so what’s your why? Why do you write? Why do you want to be an author? What do you want to achieve in 2025? Leave a comment.
Accept the Challenge-Chess Anyone?
It’s the final Accept the Challenge of the year. Thank you for participating throughout the year. I hope you penned lots of great stories and that some of them found a home and some income for you. There will be more in 2025 but for now see what you can create based on this clip….
Monday Motivation-What Kind of Author Are You?
As this quote suggests there are good and bad authors, which one are you going to be?
Wishing You Happy Holidays
2024 is slowly coming to a close. I hope you had a wonderful writing year. I have lots planned for 2025. books to be written, more content added to this site… The list goes on. I’ll be adding book reviews, market guides, interviews and the return of the Wednesday guest author starting in January. I’ll…
Accept the Challenge-Sunday Drive
It’s almost Christmas but I know you have time to squeeze in a short story. How about one based on this clip? Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Motivation-Be Specific
Be as specific as you can when you write fiction. People read for that emotional fix so give them something to be emotional about whether it’s fear, anger, or pure joy.
Accept the Challenge-Hiking
It’s week two and here’s the video clip. Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Motivation-Just My Imagination
Try this as a simple writing warm up. Free write for ten minutes. Get out on the screen or on paper what’s in your imagination. It doesn’t have to make sense, a sentence here, a thought there…it’s for your eyes only.
Accept the Challenge-A Walk in the Snow
It’s the final month of the year. The final challenges for 2025 so I thought we’d use one of my favorite types of prompts, video clips. Each week you’ll see a short video and your challenge is to create a story based upon what you see. Have fun and happy writing.