by Jill Williamson | Oct 17, 2018 | Plot
You’ve likely heard both of the writing terms: midpoint twist and mirror moment. We’ve talked about them here before, but I don’t think we’ve talked about them together. I’m going to talk about them together. 🙂 The whole point of the...
by Jill Williamson | Oct 10, 2018 | First Drafts, Plot
It’s no secret that I love screenwriter Blake Snyder’s book Save the Cat. That’s where I first learned the term “promise of the premise.” Every book or movie makes a promise to potential readers and viewers. For a book, this promise comes...
by Jill Williamson | Oct 3, 2018 | Punctuation
Once upon a time, there was an author named Jill Williamson. Jill was a blogger on a website called goteenwriters.com. She had worked as an editor for a few years, then became an author and a writing teacher. As she read the manuscripts of many beginning writers, she...
by Jill Williamson | Sep 26, 2018 | Editing, First Drafts, Productivity
Normally, I don’t like to do any rewriting during my first draft-stage. I just want to plow through and get that story written. But I’ve had an unpredictable summer. Life didn’t always go as planned. (Didn’t ever…) And here I am at the...
by Jill Williamson | Sep 19, 2018 | Editing, Punctuation
I spent much of the summer working on my Punctuation 101 book. You may remember that I wrote some “Punctuation 101” posts many years ago on this blog. Or maybe not you don’t remember at all! (It was a long time ago, after all.) Back then, many of you...
