By the way, have a happy Friday the 13th. It is always nice when friends who share a similar passion share videos and article for others education. Here are a few some friends sent to me. Enjoy
Articles:
1. http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/11/05/the-out-of-excuses-writing-retreat-and-the-thats-a-pretty-good-excuse-scholarship/
2. Good, Clean Books for Teens
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/18107.Good_Clean_Books_for_Teens?page=1
3. Establishing romance arcs
http://romanceuniversity.org/2013/08/02/jordan-mccollum-six-steps-to-stronger-character-arcs-in-romances/
4. Hooking Your Reader
http://www.iwritenetwork.com/2013/12/hooking-your-reader.html
5. Cliffhangers – a Cheap Trick
6. Some Professional Writing Advice
http://www.iwritenetwork.com/2013/11/some-professional-writing-advice.html?spref=fb
Video:
1. Stephen king interviews:
Morning Q&A Session with Univ. of Massachusetts at Lowell students
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8TkQvdJVbc&NR=1&feature=endscreen
1. b. The evening event they mentioned toward the end of the QA session
(And not a duplicate of the morning’s conversation).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLfINvRut4I
2. Probably the most entertaining, easiest to understand explanation of
Joseph Campbell’s theory I’ve seen yet.
http://io9.com/joseph-campbell-and-the-heros-journey-as-explained-by-602633720
3. Promoting yourself through social media
How to Use Social Media to Sell More Books, with Guy Kawasaki: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=135KGCLqC6Q
Please feel free to add on the list in the comment section of this blog. Melva
