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Fun Fridays – May 29, 2026
This video may have been created in 2014–well before Covid, Zoom, Teams, Meets, etc. became a vital part of our business life–but have things really changed? (Zoom now means something different than a cat or dog zipping around the living room.)
Enjoy this blast from the past (present) (future).
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Leave a CommentBuild Your Inciting Incident (Part Four)
Over the last three posts, I defined the inciting incident, established five rules it must follow, and identified the four biggest mistakes writers make. You’ve got the knowledge. Now, it’s time to put it to work. Today and next month, we’re going to roll up our sleeves and I’m going to walk you through building your inciting incident step-by-step. Next month, you’ll have a worksheet you can print out and use on every project from here on out. Grab your WIP. Let’s build. Step 1: Know Your Character’s Ordinary World Ask yourself: What does my protagonist’s daily life look like? …
Memorial Day
Today in the U.S. we honor the veterans who gave the ultimate sacrifice and died in the military for our country. It is an important day of remembrance. Some interesting quotes to ponder in light of this day: “It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.” — Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address “Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt “When duty calls, that is when character counts.” — …
Retro Thinking
The pace of change in book publishing is accelerating. Previously, major shifts occurred every 10 years, then every 5, then every 2. Now, it seems like something causes a tremor every year. I recall about 20 years ago, when a major publisher announced the layoff of about two dozen staffers and then, a few weeks later, posted the same number of job openings, with different duties and requirements. What was required one month was not valued the next. We intuitively know that most of the things we remember from the past, in all areas of life, are tainted by a …