A seventh edition of my writing workbook, A Story is a Promise & The Spirit of
Storytelling, is now available for $2.99 from
Amazon Kindle.
This edition offers new, unique tools for creating
vibrant story characters, how to outline a novel, and a guide to writing a novel, screenplay, or play, how to evaluate a manuscript, review a screenplay, and
tools to revise a novel.
I've created a series of videos titled Oregon Writers Speak, which are also posted on YouTube. Here's
my introduction
to the video series. .
Elizabeth Lyon speaks about writing query letters. Elizabeth is the author of Manuscript Makeover and
Non-fiction Book Proposals Anybody Can Write.
Noted teacher Eric Witchey speaks about the craft of writing fiction.
Mike Thaler, author of The Teacher from the Black Lagoon and The Bully Brothers, takes viewers on a tour of his
work studio.
Bill Johnson speaks about a process he calls Deep Characterization, the problems that happen
when authors create character to
act out the author's internal dramas.
Screenwritere Randal Jahnson speaks about the art and process of being a Hollywood screenwriter.