Category: Character Development

New Tips for the 2012 Nanowrimo

Posted by Jack Remick | Act Three Template, Big Chunks, Character Development, dramatic conflict, Food for the Hungry Writer, nanowrimo, Rewrite | 1 |

Nanowrimo 2012—Prep Work Don’t wait until Zero Hour to start writing for Nanowrimo. Here are some tips for preparing yourself for the long...

Joann H. Buchanan ~ Guest Writer – Steps to the Paranormal Story

Posted by Jack Remick | Character Development, dramatic conflict, Guest Voices, GUEST WRITERS, paranormal, Rewrite | 1 |

Our Guest Writer is Joann H. Buchanan. Joann is the author of the paranormal series, The Children of Nox. Joann hosted the long running radio show The Eclectic Artist Cave on Sharkradionetwork.com where she interviewed writers and shared her ideas and techniques. She also authors a very informative blog for writers.

Jack’s Q and A on writing while the rice boils

Posted by Jack Remick | Character Development, deification, dramatic conflict, Interviews and Readings, Rewrite, Robert J. Ray, ROBERT'S FICTION, Setting the Stage, STRUCTURE, STYLE, Writing About Writing | 0 |

On Wednesday, December 7th, Deborah Allen blogmaster of writingwhilethericeboils will run the first installment of a Q and A session with Jack Remick. Jack answers questions about writing practice, story structure, technique,...

Going Cosmic with Timed Writing

Posted by Jack Remick | armored prose, Big Chunks, Character Development, dramatic conflict, Food for the Hungry Writer, how to read like a writer, Point of View, Syntactic Flex, verbs, word pictures | 2 |

Going Cosmic–The Power of Writing Practice ©2011 By Jack Remick & Robert J. Ray Writing practice, writing under the clock, frees you from the clutches of the infernal ghost in the culture machine – the editor. The...

A Tribute to Sydney Pollack

Posted by Jack Remick | Character Development, how to read like a writer, Ritual, Setting the Stage, Story Spine, STRUCTURE, word pictures, Writing About Writing, WRITING WITH DISCIPLINE | 1 |

When we taught in the UW Screenwriting Program, we were lucky enough to spend a Saturday with the late Syndey Pollack. Pollack, at an invitation from his good friend Stewart Stern, flew himself up from LA in his own Lear Jet to...

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