high-concept hooks

What If Our Story Idea Has Already Been Done?

March 22, 2012 Writing Stuff
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In my last post about Google search terms, I mentioned that we sometimes have lots of content around a search’s keywords and yet have never answered the question directly.  In that case, Google just gave us an idea for a blog post.  *smile* One search term that led people to my blog this past month was “What do [...]

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Tagged as: advice for writers, character archetypes, emotional heart, high-concept hooks, Jami Gold, paranormal author, premise, story seed, theme

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What Disneyland Can Teach Us about World-building

May 17, 2011 Writing Stuff
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First, I want to thank J.A. Paul and Rachel Firasek for their guest posts.  I had fun with their interviews and I hope you all did too. Yes, I’m back from a fun, exhausting trip to Disneyland.  And yes, my vacation inspired a blog post.  You’re not surprised, are you? Anyone who has visited a [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, genre, high-concept hooks, information dump, Jami Gold, paranormal author, setting and description, story openings

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When Is a Story Worth Writing? – Part Three

January 25, 2011 Writing Stuff
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If we don’t want to waste time writing a story that will never get anywhere, we have to make sure we’ll be able to complete it.  And guess what?  It’s not completed when we, as writers, think it is.  Going from seed idea to completion happens over two stages. So far, in Parts One and [...]

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Tagged as: advice for writers, editing, emotional heart, high-concept hooks, Jami Gold, page turning stories, paranormal author, story seed, strong characters, tension

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What Agents *Really* Want in a Query Letter

August 11, 2010 Writing Stuff
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First of all, if you weren’t at the RWA conference, check out my contest for a free book from the RWA registration bags. The deadline to enter is midnight, August 16th. So my new RWA-buddy, Roni Loren, posted a great article on her blog about the QueryFest workshop.  When I kept finding myself wanting to [...]

Tagged as: advice for writers, agents, conferences, feedback, high-concept hooks, queries, Roni Loren, RWA, workshops

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Are Writers Conferences Worth It?

August 4, 2010 Writing Stuff
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I’ve now recovered enough from the RWA National Conference to talk about my experience.  *takes deep breath*  Er, or not… The word “overwhelming” was invented for experiences like this.  I can try to describe it, but I fear I’ll run out of words (a horrifying thought for a writer!).  It was fabulous to meet so [...]

Tagged as: agents, authors, conferences, dreams, high-concept hooks, Jami's rants, queries, risk, RWA, sacrifices, Twitter

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