Writers Of The Future ~ Closing Arguments

If it seems like it’s been a bit since my last WOTF post, it’s because I couldn’t figure out how to sum up Scott Card’s pep talk on ending your story- he basically says that we’ve done the hard work already. We’ve set everything up, and now it’s time to defeat the bad guy and

Writers Of The Future ~ Drafting The Middle

Ahh, the middle. It can either be Catching Fire or it can be completely forgettable. The most important thing to remember is that Act Two has to stand on it’s own. It has to justify its existence. Every scene should further the plot and point towards the eventual ending, but there has to be new

Writers Of The Future ~ Day 4 ~ Drafting The Opening

Hey writers of the past, present, and future! I took a few days, but since I scheduled posting ahead of time you might actually be reading this day of. Opening Now we get to the actual drafting stage! David Farland takes us through different types of openings (Who is David Farland btw?) 1- Character opening.

Writers Of The Future ~ Day 3 ~ Dialogue

Hello… It’s the last day of Pride month for me, and I’m spending it reading a speech from someone who is not only homophobic, but is also ableist. Disappointed, but not surprised. (Context: We’re going through dialogue and Scott Card had referred to a “Tourette’s Syndrome box when we want to use language calculated to

Writers Of The Future ~ D2 ~ Outlining

Hello! Welcome, or welcome back! This is the third post in my Writers Of The Future Workshop series, but it’s still Wednesday for me. 2.17PM, to be exact. I went in to the library, but the book I was hoping to get was checked out. Cultish centers around how cults and their leaders use manipulative

Writers Of The Future Workshop ~ Day 2

Wednesday, the day before Section 3: Research & Homework This section opens with an essay on Jack London- he’d go to bars and buy a drink for a sailor. Besides being incredibly gay, (at one point it says “Jack London never allowed his interest in men to lag. And because of that, he grew to

Writers Of The Future Workshop~ Day 1

Tuesday, 2 Days Before Submission Section 1: Course Introduction I legit get the creeps from these old white men. The first video is mostly David Farland, who is clearly reading off of a teleprompter. His face is slack, and I scroll down the transcript in order to avoid it. He explains the basics of the