Tag Archives: writing
What Pinterest Often Forgets
By small stuff, I mean start your marketing journey locally when the big picture stuff feels too overwhelming.
Marketing the Message
by Whitney Braun As I reflected on the start of my journey into children’s fiction, I remember the most consistent advice was: ‘Market to the Moms’. Sure, I get it. I’m a young mother of a seven year old who loves story time. I’m the one who buys, thifts, and borrows our books. Understandably, it… Read more »
Secrets in Poetry
Poems, like stories, are wonderful vehicles for telling secrets. Not only can poems be about secrets (like the poem above) but they are a potent way to share your experiences and ideas in subtle yet powerful ways.
Secrets in Prose
How would you go about using the power of a secret in a story or play? Here are some elements to consider. by Violet Nesdoly
Writer Refresh – August
Eleanor Bertin’s quotes below are from her blog posts on the InScribe Professional Blog on April 7th and 28th, 2025. They are a reminder of how to build a scene. Two questions follow the quotes for your perusal. Keep in mind that these scene building techniques can apply to nonfiction writing as well! “Begin with… Read more »
Writer Refresh
I’ve enjoyed the authors contributions so far on our Pro-Blog 2025, and I look forward to hearing from more over the next few months. They provided such professional and timely content that I’d like to do a refresh once in awhile. Therefore, I will share some quotes from their past writing for your engagement. Below… Read more »
CREATING CHARACTER GOALS 2
What helps me keep to the basic direction and character goals of my short story is to write out a very condensed blurb that often ends up introducing the story once published.
Writing from a Christian Worldview
However you choose to convey their faith, it must be woven into the thread of the story,
My Thoughts on Character Building
By Donna Gartshore To start with, I personally don’t use a lot of how-to books. In no way is this intended as a critique to those that do. They just never work that well for me. I believe that our true inspiration comes from God. He’s given all of us the power to… Read more »