Monthly Archives: December 2014

Create something right now! 2 comments

This entry was posted in Creativity and tagged getting unstuck writing warm-ups on December 9, 2014 by Shaula Evans (updated on February 16, 2015)

Think of one creative gift you have or would like to develop. It can be anything from writing, to dancing, to baking, to singing. Make […]

Stories without a sense of place 1 comment

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged Donald Barthelme location Russell Edson on December 9, 2014 by Shaula Evans (updated on December 15, 2014)

Do all stories need a sense of place? The short answer is “no”. (There’s rarely a condition that applies to all stories, except perhaps the […]

Perseverence 5 comments

This entry was posted in Quotes and tagged Japan perseverance on December 8, 2014 by Shaula Evans (updated on December 15, 2014)

Fall down seven times, stand up eight. 七転び八起き — Japanese Proverb

Turbocharge Your Rewrite 5 comments

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged rewriting on December 5, 2014 by Shaula Evans (updated on February 16, 2015)

Take your [favorite] thing you’ve written. Look at the first draft. List every change that turned A into B. Make that your rewrite checklist. — […]

David Hare: How to make your scenes feel more real 3 comments

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged BAFTA Guru screenwriting lecture David Hare definitions Graham Greene literary terms love scenes rewriting troubleshooting verisimilitude on December 4, 2014 by Shaula Evans (updated on December 15, 2014)

Image: Ralph Richardson and Michèle Morgan as Baines and Julie in ‘The Fallen Idol’ (1948) What is “verisimilitude”? Verisimilitude means “seeming real or life-like”; it […]

Projection Mapping York Minster Building

Projecting emotions 7 comments

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged avoiding cliche getting unstuck rewriting subtext tone troubleshooting on December 3, 2014 by Shaula Evans (updated on December 15, 2014)

John Thornton Williams explains a better way to “show don’t tell” how your characters are feeling: through indirection of image, or projecting their emotions onto […]