Persist and Publish

Breaking into the Publishing World letter by letter.

"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile
the moment a single man contemplates it,
bearing within him the image of a cathedral."

- Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Group Calendar

Mythic Journey Structure Template

Here is a template Bev put together to help you write using the Mythic Journey Structure.

Mythic Structure.htm

Voice Exercise - Carol

"Talent alone cannot make a writer.  There must be a man behind the book."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Description
File
Carol's Voice Exercise
VOICE EXERCISE.htm
"Ten Steps to Finding Your Writing Voice"
by Holly Lisle
ARTICLE_Ten Steps finding.htm
"Character Voice - What, Why, Where and How"
by Michele Albert and Michelle Jerott
VOICE_Reading 2.htm
"Give Your Characters Their Own Voice"
by Debra Dixon
VOICE_Reading 3.htm
"The Voice Fairy"
by Deb Stover
VOICE_Reading 4.htm
"Tell me a Story"
by Gary Glickman
VOICE_Reading 5.htm
"Knowing Your Character's Voices"
by Magdalena Ball
VOICE_Reading 6.htm
Additional Reading/Exercise
VOICE EXERCISE #10.htm


Feeling Blocked? Writer's Block Exercise

Developer
Exercise
Article
P&P Group
Writer's Block Exercises.htm Writer's Block article.htm

Emotional Filter Exercise

Developer
Exercise
Nancy
Emotional Filter

Metaphors

Developer
Exercise
Carol
Metaphors are not just for Poets

Lori's Whimsy and Scene Painting Exercise

Developer
Exercise
Lori
Whimsy and Scene Painting Exercise

Body Language Exercise

Developer
Exercise
Mary M.
Body Language Exercise

Description/Setting Exercise

Developer
Exercise
Carol
Description Exercise
Additional Exercise
Carol SETTING Addl EXERCISE.htm
More
EXERCISES_Description.htm

Three Little Ladies Exercise: Conflict, Plot, Scene

Developers
Exercise
Articles, Documents
Carol, Rebecca, Joan
Conflict Exercise

Carol, Rebecca, Joan
Plot Outline


Summary
Article:  Theme and Premise

Scene Exercise

Conflict Exercise

Developer
Exercise
Rebecca
Conflict Exercise

Writing With Emotion Exercise

Developer
Exercise
Lori
Writing with Emotion

Characterization Exercise

Developer
Exercise
Terri
Characterization Exercise

Foreshadowing and Irony Exercise

Developer
Exercise
Mary
Foreshadowing and Irony

Dialogue Exercise

Developer
Exercise
Articles, Documents
Kathy
Dialogue Exercise
Articles on Dialogue



Scene Checklist Exercise

Writing Humor

Developer
Exercise
Carol
How to Write Humor