Okay, we’ve gone through our major characters and discussed how to make them come alive with traits and characteristics distinct from one another. Then we discussed the importance of showing the normal world—the world our hero, the protagonist, lives his or her daily life in. Now, how do we get from that normal world into [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Inciting Incident
Posted in Writing, tagged Alan Arkin, Audrey Hepburn, Author, Blog, Blogger, blogging, Blogs, Brand, Business, David N. Walker, Dead Ahead, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, inciting incident, Marketing, NF, non-fiction, Organizations, Platform, Public Speaking, Publishing, self-publishing, Social Media, Speaking, Stephanie Zimbalist, Tom Butler, Wait Until Dark, Warrior Writers, warrior writers’ boot camp, Writer, Writing on October 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Trial by Fire
Posted in Free Fridays, tagged Author, Blog, Blue Fire, Dark Fall, David N. Walker, David N. Walker author, David N. Walker’s blog, Facebook, Janice Hardy, The Healing Wars, The Shifter, Twitter, Warrior Writer's Boot Camp, Writer, WWBC on October 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My guest blog today is provided by Janice Hardy, a multi-published author who blogs at http://blog.janicehardy.com/. After you read her post here, skip over to her site to read my post “A Tale of Two Writers.” You might learn some things to do and not to do to develop as a writer. Trial By Fire: [...]
Class Reunions
Posted in People, Places & Things Remembered, tagged Author, Blog, Darrell Royal, David N. Walker, David N. Walker author, David N. Walker’s blog, Elvis, Facebook, high school, John Denver, John Deutschendorf, remembered, remembering, remembrances, reunion, reunions, Spud Cason, Twitter, Warrior Writer's Boot Camp, wishbone, wishbone offense, Writer, WWBC on October 26, 2011 | 16 Comments »
We’re all formed to a certain extent by our pasts. People we knew, events we experienced, things we did and times we lived through. Now and then I like to take a look back into my own past history. High school class reunions . . . On a recent Saturday night I attended the fifty-year [...]
Normal World
Posted in Writing, tagged Alan Arkin, Author, Blog, Blogger, blogging, Blogs, Brand, Business, David N. Walker, inciting incident, Julia Roberts, Marketing, NF, non-fiction, normal world, Organizations, Platform, Public Speaking, Publishing, Sally Field, self-publishing, Social Media, Speaking, Steel Magnolias, Wait Until Dark, Warrior Writers, warrior writers’ boot camp, Writer, Writing on October 24, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Next in our evolutions of creating a novel, we’ll take a look at the main narrative plot points. We’ve got our main characters named and profiled now, so it’s time to outline how our story will progress. Maybe your tongue is hanging out by now. I know mine is. I mean, we’ve had to set [...]
When You Know You’re Doing It Wrong
Posted in Life List Club, tagged Author, Blog, David N. Walker, David N. Walker author, David N. Walker’s blog, Facebook, goal-setting, goals, inspiration, Life List Club, Lyn Midnight, Marcia Richards, muse, NaNoWriMo, remembered, remembering, remembrances, Twitter, Warrior Writer's Boot Camp, Writer, WWBC on October 21, 2011 | 28 Comments »
Hello, fans of David! Don’t you worry, while I’m monopolizing his blog today, he’s hopped over to Marcia Richard’s blog, who’s actually on my blog and… it’s a wonderful circle. Just follow the breadcrumbs! As for me, I’ll just get down to business. I’ve been feeling completely uninspired lately. Usually, I blame everything else but [...]
Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award
Posted in People, Places & Things Remembered, tagged ADD, Alaska, Astoria Oregon, Author, Blog, British Columbia, Butchart Gardens, Cari L. Pedstelak, Catie Rhodes, Columbia River, David N. Walker, David N. Walker author, David N. Walker’s blog, Dinah Harris, Duke University, dyslexic, Facebook, Inside Passage, Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award, Jenny Hansen, Julie Cave, Karlene Pettit, Luckenbach Texas, Marji Laine, Niagara Falls, Nigel Blackwell, Port Hardy, Prince Rupert, remembered, remembering, remembrances, Twitter, Vancouver Island, Warrior Writer's Boot Camp, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Writer, WWBC on October 19, 2011 | 22 Comments »
My friend Marji Laine gifted me with the Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award the other day. Thanks, Marji. It’s my first award as a blogger. The first thing I’m supposed to do, after thanking Marji for the award, is give the award away to four other bloggers. I read so many blogs it was difficult for [...]
Plagiarism: The Worst Sin in Writing
Posted in Writing, tagged Author, Blog, Blogger, blogging, Blogs, Brand, Business, David N. Walker, David N. Walker author, Kristen Lamb, Kristen Lamb author, Marketing, NF, non-fiction, Organizations, plagiarism, Platform, Public Speaking, Publishing, self-publishing, Social Media, Speaking, Terrell Mims plagiarist, Warrior Writers, warrior writers’ boot camp, Writer, Writing on October 17, 2011 | 73 Comments »
Today I’m interrupting my regular Monday series on novel preparation to address a very serious matter. When Kristen Lamb and I started Warrior Writers Boot Camp, one of the original members was Terrell Mims, who followed us over from another writers’ group. His writing was very immature, and he was slow to accept any critique [...]
Writing Tips for Better Work/Life Balance
Posted in Free Fridays, tagged Author, Blog, David N. Walker, David N. Walker author, David N. Walker’s blog, Facebook, remembered, remembering, remembrances, Ron Vitale, Twitter, Warrior Writer's Boot Camp, Writer, WWBC on October 14, 2011 | 11 Comments »
David N. Walker is a Christian father and grandfather and a grounded pilot. He cofounded Warrior Writers Boot Camp with Kristen Lamb. You can read more of his posts at http://davwalk.wordpress.com or tweet him at @davidnwalkertx. Today’s guest blogger is Ron Vitale. After you read his post, go to his site, www.ronvitale.com, to read my [...]
The Journey
Posted in Other Guest Posts, tagged Altitude sickness, Author, Blog, David N. Walker, David N. Walker author, David N. Walker’s blog, Facebook, Fujiyama, Jillian Dodd, Mount Fuji, Mount Fujiyama, remembered, remembering, remembrances, Twitter, Warrior Writer's Boot Camp, Writer, WWBC on October 12, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Today I’m trading guest posts with Jillian Dodd. You can find more about her at the end of this post. Hop over to her site, http://www.jilliandodd.wordpress.com, after you read this, and read my post on winning a karaoke contest. The Journey We all are on a journey somewhere. Sometimes we feel like we know exactly [...]
Profiling Your Characters
Posted in Writing, tagged Author, best-seller, best-selling author, Blog, Blogger, blogging, Blogs, Bob Mayer, Brand, Business, character traits, characters, David N. Walker, Kristen Lamb, Marketing, NF, non-fiction, Organizations, Platform, Poppy Montgomery, profile, Public Speaking, Publishing, self-publishing, Social Media, Speaking, Unforgettable, Warrior Writers, warrior writers’ boot camp, Writer, Writing on October 10, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Last week I mentioned that the characters in my earlier—and rejected—novels were all plastic, one-dimensional characters who looked, acted and sounded like me. Sound familiar? Surely I’m not the first writer to make that mistake. Since I neither smoke nor drink, none of my characters ever lit a cigarette or had a drink, but they [...]
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