But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it’s better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you’re fighting for. -Paulo Coelho Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. -Robert…
Farida sent me this YouTube video. Ira Glass, of “This American Life” talks about how to build a story. This is # 3 of his videos–I believe there are 4 so far. You’ll be able to see the links to them at the end of this video. Even though Ira Glass is a radio guy,…
I am pleased to welcome Daphne Grab, debut author of Alive and Well in Prague, New York to my blog. Alive and Well in Prague, New York was just released at the beginning of this month. In the interest of full disclosure, it’s probably best to reveal I love her blog, The Longstockings, that she shares…
I am honored. My blog is mentioned, among some others that you may know, in The Horn Book’s May/June 2008 issue of Web Watching with Rachel. Did you know The Horn Book has an electronic newsletter, called Notes from the Horn Book? If you’re interested in discovering new books for your child…
Suzanne pointed out in this introductory post about The Hero’s Journey, the Harry Potter books follow this plotting method. And so they do. If you’d like to learn more about Harry’s journey, you can read this, this and this. © 2007 – 2010 HipWriterMama – All Rights Reserved. © 2007 – 2010 Vivian Lee…
It’s all her fault. Yup. PJ Hoover. PJ is one of my critique buddies. She happened to mention The Hero’s Journey, when I shared my plotting outline method. She even went so far as to share her plot structure. And because I enjoy her writing so much, I decided to try this method. Of course I…
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.” -J.K. Rowling, 2008 Commencement Address “We do not need magic to transform the world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves…
Check out this YouTube video. If you’re outraged, click here to sign The Women’s Media Center’s petition campaign against sexism in the national news outlets. Otherwise, carry on. Thank you, readergirlz, for sharing this one. Edited to Add: Also related…I just found this post from a New York Times Opinion blog. Check out all the…
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