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Plotting Your Book: How to Form Your Story’s Basic StructureIn every story, something happens. These events form the structure of your tale. Plot, then, is the drama and action through which characters come to life. READ MORE Writing Tips: Overcome Writer’s Block and Self-DoubtSuffering from writer’s block? Self-doubt about your talent? Has creative writing lost itsContinue reading “How to Form Your Story’s Basic Structure – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Jan. 21, 2025”

Plotting Your Book: Conflict – The Heart of Every Story A good plot is about at least one character under adversity. Conflict typically arises from the characters’ perceptions, needs and wants. As each character has an urgent personal agenda, your plot really is a synthesis of its individual characters’ efforts to achieve their agendas. READ MOREContinue reading “Conflict – The Heart of Every Story – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Jan. 14, 2025”

Plotting Your Book: What is a Story? An Autopsy of a TaleWhat is a story? An idea or a setting or a character alone do not make a story. A fictional story is all of those and more. READ MORE The Best Guide to Writing Your Novel! You dream of being a published author. You don’tContinue reading “What is a Story? An Autopsy of a Tale – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Jan. 7, 2025”

Writing Motivation: To Write is to Realize My Destiny Writing is your destiny. It’s more than just a pattern in your life. It is reaching for your full potential; it is those moments you feel most self-empowered. READ MORE The Best Guide to Promoting Your Book! My book 7 Minutes a Day to Promoting YourContinue reading “To Write is to Realize My Destiny – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Dec. 24, 2024”

Writing Motivation: Writing is My Way of LifeBegin each day by reminding yourself who you are: You are a writer, and writing is a way of life for you. Maybe you’ll need to scribble that on a piece of paper and tape it to your bathroom mirror so you read it every morning when youContinue reading “Writing is My Way of Life – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Dec. 17, 2024”

Writing Motivation: My Words can Light the Way for Someone Else on a Dark Path Even if your book never changes the world – let alone influences other authors in its genre – your writing still can make a difference just by affecting the lives of a few or even of a lone reader. READContinue reading “My Words can Light the Way for Someone Else on a Dark Path – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Dec. 10, 2024”

Writing Motivation: Never Be Afraid to Write What You Believe When you’re afraid how others will react to your writing, you’ve allowed them to define you. Should you write only what others find acceptable, you’ve allowed them to control you. You’ve given their values a higher priority than your own tastes and standards. As anContinue reading “Never Be Afraid to Write What You Believe – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Dec. 3, 2024”

Writing Motivation: The Energy Your Writing Brings to Readers is Directly Proportional to the Energy You Put into Your Book. Effort is the one thing you can control when writing and publishing a book. Other variables – how many books on the topic are coming out at the same time as your title, those authors’Continue reading “The Energy Your Writing Brings to Readers is Directly Proportional to the Energy You Put into Your Book – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Nov. 26, 2024”

Writing Motivation: Your Unread Story is Like a Gold Nugget Buried in a MountainIt’s the rare book that somehow goes viral and captures the public’s attention and admiration all on its own. Indeed, your book is buried in the mountain of more than 900 other books that are published daily (in just the United StatesContinue reading “Your Unread Story is Like a Gold Nugget Buried in a Mountain – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Nov. 19, 2024”