Writing and Creating Books
John Robert Marlow on Turning Your Novel into a Movie
Hans-Peter Zimmermann is a Swiss nonfiction author, commuting between Gstaad, Switzerland, and Orange County, California. His web show Screenwriters Get Personal features screenwriters and industry experts who are willing to share their hard-won experience. In this first episode, his guest is John Robert Marlow (http://www.makeyourstoryamovie.com), novelist, screenwriter, and adaptation specialist. His book Make Your Story […]
Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling
Pixar’s 22 Rules for Storytelling: Challenge Your Characters. Come Up With Your Ending Before Doing Your Middle. #writing #writers #authors Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling Admire characters for attempting more. Keep in mind what’s interesting to you. Get to the end of the story. Then rewrite. Once upon a time there was . . . […]
Ray Bradbury on Writing
Here is a wonderful quote from science fiction author Ray Bradbury on writing. If you write a hundred short stories and they’re all bad, that doesn’t mean you’ve failed. You fail only when you stop writing. — Ray Bradbury, science fiction author You fail only when you stop writing. — Ray Bradbury #writing #books #writers […]
Teach Your Children to Enjoy Books!
I love this photo and recommendation by Larry James: Readers of good books today will be the writers of good books tomorrow! Teach your children to enjoy books. Readers of good books are the writers of good books tomorrow! Teach your children to enjoy books. Click To Tweet 14 1