Merry Christmas!

 

Wherever you are, and however you're celebrating, 

I hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend!

See you on the other side! (And fingers crossed 

that 2021 isn't quite the cluster that 2020 was.)

xoxo

The Setup

Each scene should set up the scene that follows, and the following scene should set up the one after that. 

A clear cause and effect pattern should run throughout your narrative. That is, your characters should behave in ways that set a story in motion and keep it moving. 

If a scene *doesn't* react causally to the previous, then it should spark enough curiosity in the reader to compel them to keep turning pages. 

Otherwise, the main storyline should never be more than one scene away.

Be Brilliant!

~Katie~  

A Writer's Superpower

Dear Writer,

Your self-conscious, overthinking, over-analyzing brain is your Superpower.

You are an introvert, yes, and you may tend toward some anxiety and obsessive behaviors. Society wants you to see this as a negative, but it's not. You have a rich, inner life that allows you to do what you do. 

It's that self-consciousness and over-analyzing that ensures you only put out your best work at the time, and the obsession means you will go through a work again and again until it's the best you can possibly make it.

There will be gaps when you first begin--of course there will be--but the traits you consider "bad" can only be so if they're keeping you from submitting or finishing a project completely.

So write the words. Be self-conscious about them. Overthink the project. Over-analyze everything. Fix whatever bothers you about it until you are done thinking and analyzing and ready to let it go.

Use your Superpower, then share the story you've spun from nothing (your own tiny miracle) with the rest of us.

We're anxiously waiting.

Be Brilliant!

~Katie~ 

Never Too Late

lately i’ve pondered. . . .

(from the newsletter)

“I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.”

It’s possible to wake up one morning and not even recognize the person we’ve become, but this change rarely happens overnight because we are a product of a hundred thousand tiny decisions made in various increments over the course of weeks, months, and years.

It’s *never* too late to amend a habit or characteristic or begin working on a new goal, but this means adjusting who you were yesterday to reflect who you want to be tomorrow, which means making even the smallest of changes today.

Be Brilliant!

~Katie~ 

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