The Gaon's Revenge - Part IV
The Gaon’s Revenge – Part IV A Short Story by Terry Brennan The Vilna Gaon's Tomb in Vilnius Ending of Part III: His father cinched the...
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Terry Brennan
Mar 8, 20215 min read
The Gaon's Revenge - Part III
The Gaon’s Revenge – Part III A Short Story by Terry Brennan The Ending from Part II: To the side, Itzak fell off his mule and began to...
Terry Brennan
Mar 5, 20215 min read
The Gaon's Revenge - Part II
The Gaon’s Revenge – Part II A Short Story by Terry Brennan The Ending of Part I: “Father, it’s time to wake. Itzak has the mules packed...
Terry Brennan
Mar 3, 20217 min read
The Gaon's Revenge - Part I
I'm back ... in case anyone is checking. Took a nice vacation over the holidays that stretched into two months. A relentless string of...
Terry Brennan
Nov 24, 20201 min read
Link to Structure for Gardeners Seminar
If you're interested is watching the Facebook Live writing seminar on Structure for Gardeners, and how I use the "Outline/Timeline"...
Terry Brennan
Nov 24, 20205 min read
Chapters and Endings
At the beginning of this series of blog posts, I included an image of the “Outline/Timeline” I developed to help a gardener become more...
Terry Brennan
Nov 20, 20202 min read
Raise the Stakes!
As we get down to the final two blog posts on Structure for Gardeners, there’s a lot of material I’ve compiled that is not encompassed in...
Terry Brennan
Nov 18, 20203 min read
Be a "Method" Writer
This is the fifth of a seven-part series of blog posts titled Structure for Gardeners. Check out Monday's post for an overview look at...
Terry Brennan
Nov 17, 20204 min read
Decapitate Head-Hopping
Howdy … okay, glad I got that out of my system. Today’s blog post is the fourth in a seven-part blog series titled Structure for...
Terry Brennan
Nov 13, 20204 min read
Plot or Character? Which Comes First?
Structure for Gardeners - Part III Back in the summer, when the world – and me – were getting over the first panic wave of our life with...
Terry Brennan
Nov 11, 20203 min read
Structure for Gardeners - Part II
On Monday we looked at an overview to the idea of plot structure ... you have an idea and, hopefully, some sense of where the book is...
Terry Brennan
Nov 9, 20204 min read
From a Small Seed ...
Structure For Gardeners – Part I - Overview In September (Hero’s Journey) and October (Plot Skeleton) I offered several blog posts taken...
Terry Brennan
Oct 21, 20201 min read
Link to Seminar Video for Plot Skeleton
In case you want to see the entire Facebook Live broadcast I did for the Plot Skeleton writing seminar, you can check it out at this...
Terry Brennan
Oct 20, 20205 min read
Plot Skeleton - Part IV
Today, we complete our review of the writing tool, the Plot Skeleton. If you’ve been with me from the beginning, you know that all this...
Terry Brennan
Oct 16, 20205 min read
Plot Skeleton - Part III
On Monday I shared with you an Overview of the Plot Skeleton tool and followed that up on Wednesday with the first stage of the Plot...
Terry Brennan
Oct 14, 20205 min read
Plot Skeleton - Part II
Today we’re going to pick up where we left off on Monday, when I gave you an introduction to Plot Skeleton. This is the second segment of...
Terry Brennan
Oct 12, 20203 min read
Plot Skeleton - Part I
I’ve been writing novels since 2005 and in June and July of 2020 I set out to do a series of seminars on some of the basic concepts of...
Terry Brennan
Oct 2, 20201 min read
Video Link to Hero's Journey
In case you are interested in watching the Facebook Live transmission of the Hero's Journey Writing Seminar, you can click on this link:...
Terry Brennan
Oct 2, 20205 min read
Hero's Journey - Part III
The Hero’s Journey Part III As noted in earlier blogs, in June and July of 2020 I set out to do a series of seminars on some of the basic...
Terry Brennan
Sep 30, 20204 min read
Hero's Journey - Part II
The Hero’s Journey Part II As noted in the September 28 1 blog, in June and July of 2020 I set out to do a series of seminars on some of...
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