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Monthly Archives: August 2019

THE END and How to Craft A Great One

27 Tuesday Aug 2019

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Have you ever read a book, watched a movie, stayed up all night watching the end of a series on Netflix only to be left dissatisfied, angry, betrayed by the writer and or just plain icky??

YES, you have. All of us have! And it stinks. It’s the worst when you are like, “OMG that would have been amazing but he/she effed up the ending!!”

I can think of so many films and books that I loved until the last quarter. I don’t know if it’s laziness, or just not caring or what but OMG the ending NEEDS to be good. 

The ending is WHAT GIVES MEANING TO THE STORY.

The ending of any story must have these elements to be strong.

  1. The main character MUST change in some way. He/she must grow-be a different person or at the very least have learned something that changes the way he/she sees and interacts with the world.
  2. The main character MUST be the catalyst or reason for this change to have happened. They MUST solve their own problems.
  3. The ending MUST connect with the beginning in some way. At the beginning you have promised the audience/readers a story that is about something–so you have to pay that off at the end. It’s a REQUIREMENT for a strong story and MUST MUST MUST be there.
  4. The ending MUST end the story. No cliffhangers, please.
  5. The ending MUST make sense to the story–which is similar but not exactly the same as being connected. There has to be a reason that this is the end.

This is so important and I know that you can do it.

I put together a little FREE PDF for YOU to help you craft those amazing endings that will keep people coming back for more.

You can download it HERE for FREE.

I also have a video on YouTube this week talking about this.

Thanks for reading and I hope to see you on SOCIAL MEDIA or back here next week.

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xo Stephanie 

How to Write A Strong Beginning

21 Wednesday Aug 2019

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New video today on YouTube all about writing a STRONG beginning to get readers hooked immediately. Even if you aren’t looking for an agent you still want your openings to be as great as possible. I have put together cheat sheet for you just for watching the video absolutely FREE as a gift for your time.

If you aren’t getting requests for your full manuscript or aren’t placing in those screenwriting contests your first pages could be the problem and with a few tweaks and revisions, you will change that. Trust me on this. The first page is the first impression, it’s the promise of the story and it’s why people keep going. It’s so important to nail it no matter what stage of your writing career that you are in. You don’t have time to get into the story because people are generally impatient and or just don’t want to read on if they aren’t hooked immediately.

Please watch, share, comment, like and subscribe. I put up new videos every week just for writers like you!

Check this week’s out HERE 

Thank you for swinging by!

Happy writing

xo Stephanie

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Happy Monday

19 Monday Aug 2019

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Happy Monday!

Writers!! What are your goals for the week?

Mine is getting back to the revisions, now that I have a new laptop. 

If you follow me on social media you already know what happened on August 6, 2019! My MacBookPro did something and took ALL my folders from the desktop, the cloud, and my backups. It was AWFUL and devastating.

This is why I haven’t been here for two weeks.

It wasn’t anything more than just not having time to write a proper block as well I was lost as I now have to rebuild my courses and MY NOVEL.

OMG! Right? 

What do you do when that happens?

Well, you start over by making new goals for yourself.

At least, that’s how I’m handling it.

I apologize for not being here, but I am back.

Please comment with your goals for the week and or join me across social media.

For more about me and links check out my website here

Meanwhile, HAPPY WRITING xo

 

Stephanie

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