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How to Write Better & Faster With Plottr and the Snowflake Method

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on January 5, 2021
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As a kid, peanut butter was always paired with only one thing: jelly. The big discussion between the other kids was if your mom used grape or strawberry jelly. 

Then one day, one of my friends told me about a new candy that combined peanut butter with chocolate. How on earth could that be good? Then I tried it, and my life was forever changed. I had my first candy with peanut butter and chocolate, and it blew my mind.

Sometimes when two good things are combined, the result is something better than both of them separately. Which is why I am excited to see that Randy Ingermanson’s popular Snowflake plotting method of writing a novel is now part of Ryan Zee’s popular Plottr software. 

And to talk about it, I am joined by both Christy Award-winning author Randy Ingermanson and Ryan Zee of Plottr.

  • How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method (blog post)
  • How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method (book, affiliate link) 
  • Plottr 30-Day Trial

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How to Write Better & Faster With Plottr and the Snowflake Method

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on January 5, 2021
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As a kid, peanut butter was always paired with only one thing: jelly. The big discussion between the other kids was if your mom used grape or strawberry jelly.  Then one day, one of my friends told me about a new candy that combined peanut butter with chocolate. How on earth could that be good? […]
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Your Name in Lights

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon December 17, 2020
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I often receive submissions from authors who say something along the lines of, “I have a devotional book, a romance, a fantasy, a collection of poems, a novella, a marriage book, and a screenplay available for representation.” This sounds great, right? The agent can choose from a variety of projects, perhaps marketing them all! Sheer volume will lead to success! If only. As a creative, I get that …

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You Provide Our Audience!

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon December 10, 2020
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In speaking with a friend recently, she commented, “I don’t understand why Icabod gets invited to every event. Everyone knows who he is, but no one likes him.” I countered that, in attending every event, Icabod is providing a service. As an attendee, he is helping to make the party a success. Our readers provide an audience. They are our bookwormish partygoers. And though Icabod may be clueless as …

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Category: Book Proposals, Branding, Career, Marketing, The Writing Life

Simon & Schuster Bought by Penguin Random House Discussion With Steve Laube

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on December 8, 2020
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For everything there is a season.  A time to gather stones and a time to scatter stones.  A time to merge companies and a time to spin off new companies.  Right now, it is a time for merging companies. The “Big Five” are now the “Big Four.” You may have heard about the recent merger between Simon & Schuster and Penguin Random House.  How does this new change affect you, as an author? …

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Simon & Schuster Bought by Penguin Random House Discussion With Steve Laube

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on December 8, 2020
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For everything, there is a season.  A time to gather stones and a time to scatter stones.  A time to merge companies and a time to spin off new companies.  Right now, it is a time for merging companies.   The “Big Five” are now the “Big Four.”   You may have heard about the recent […]
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How to Write for Children with Linda Howard

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on November 24, 2020
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Children’s books are the fastest growing segment of publishing in 2020. There was a time a few months ago when The Very Hungry Caterpillar was in the top 10 of all products on Amazon–not only books, but all products in the everything store. The pandemic has caused many parents to spend more time with their children, and those parents are desperate for an alternative to screen time.  So, how do you …

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How to Write for Children with Linda Howard

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on November 24, 2020
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Children’s books are the fastest-growing segment of publishing in 2020. There was a time a few months ago when The Very Hungry Caterpillar was in the top 10 of all products on Amazon–not only books but all products in the everything store. The pandemic has caused many parents to spend more time with their children, […]
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When the Movie Isn’t True to Your Story

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon November 19, 2020
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Most writers love the idea of a film company bringing their books to life. However, if past movies based on books serve as examples, most authors can’t count on their stories being presented with complete accuracy, hence, the phrases “adaption” and “based on” the novel. Take the book Elmer Gantry, written in 1926. Sinclair Lewis, an atheist, wrote a satire about a minister who should never have …

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Do Writers Read Differently?

By Bob Hostetleron November 18, 2020
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Writers are readers. Right? Of course, right. In fact, I’d say that if you’re not a devoted, even voracious reader, you might not want to pursue writing for publication, as reading and writing tend to go hand-in-hand. But do writers read differently than other people? And if so, how? I asked that question of some of my friends and clients, and here’s what they said: Yes, I think writers read …

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Category: Creativity, Reading, The Writing Life
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