"The brothers Potter start with
nothing but innocence to
overcome barriers to creating
magic with their music.
Beautifully written with
countless inspired moments,
East Bench is sure to become
a classic for young adults
and Baby Boomers alike."
So, You Want to be a Writer?
Fiction Writing Tips
By Theresa Laster Vivanco
All Rights Reserved 2009
In earlier blogs, we discussed classic story structure, starting with Initial Harmony and Harmony Disturbed. Next we discussed The Hero and The Mission or Quest. Now we will carry our story into Tests, Trials and Tribulations, where is where most [...]
Fiction Writing Tip #6, Classic Story Structure, Part Two
So, You Want to be a Writer?
Fiction Writing Tips
By Theresa Laster Vivanco
All Rights Reserved 2009
In Fiction Writing tip #5, we discussed Initial Harmony and Harmony Disturbed. In this fiction writing tip blog, we’ll discuss two more additional parts of a well-structured story.
The Hero (or anti-Hero) arrives
Once [...]
So, You Want to be a Writer?
Fiction Writing Tips
By Theresa Laster Vivanco
All Rights Reserved 2009
Fiction Writing Tip #2A – Write What You Know
As I was about to write Fiction Writing Tip #5, I realized I had to go backwards a bit and write some kind of an addendum to Fiction Writing Tip #2 [...]
So, You Want to be a Writer?
Fiction Writing Tips
By Theresa Laster Vivanco
All Rights Reserved 2009
Fiction Writing Tip #4 –Genres & Classic Story Structure, Part One
Most well written stories contain solid story structure in one of the following fiction genres. If I’ve left anything out, please let me know.
Action-adventure
Crime
Detective
Fantasy
Horror
Mystery
Romance
Science [...]
So, You Want to be a Writer?
Fiction Writing Tips
By Theresa Laster Vivanco
theresavivanco@hotmail.com
All Rights Reserved 2009
Fiction Writing Tip #3 – Developing Great Characters
I want to make something very clear before we go on with Fiction Writing Tip #3. These are suggestions to get you started. It’s how I approach writing. However, there are no [...]
So, You Want to be a Writer?
Fiction Writing Tips
By Theresa Laster Vivanco
All Rights Reserved 2009
Fiction Writing Tip #2 or the Cure for Writer’s Block
Go have an adventure, go take a walk, do something you’ve never done before, volunteer at your local soup kitchen, move outside your normal social circles—in [...]
Fiction Writing Tips
By Theresa Laster Vivanco
All Rights Reserved 2009
Dear Fellow Writers,
It is said that everybody has at least one bestselling story in them. I couldn’t agree more–but where to start?
Fiction Writing Tip #1
This may seem obvious but read, read, read…and read some more!
Always have a book lined up when you finish the [...]
