by Peggy Bechko
Here’s the first writing myth that needs exploding – “Being a writer is a good way to get rich quick!”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA – need I say more?
Author: Peggy Bechko
Peggy Bechko’s World of Time Management for Writers
by Peggy Bechko
Managing your time. Making time for your writing. Finding time.
Whatever you call it, it can be tricky while juggling kids, relationships, job, whatever else you’re involved in that you can’t really give up or set aside.
Peggy Bechko’s Approach to Making Your Fiction Writing Real
by Peggy Bechko
Suck ‘em in. Don’t let go of their eyeballs – whether they be script reader, editor or reader, that’s your goal as a writer. And I know you’ve all experienced it yourselves. That film that’s fantastic, the book that draws you in until you forget where you are. Some writers have a native ability to paint those characters and backgrounds in such a way that they feel real.
So how do they do that? How can the rest of us writers do the same?
One way is to add realism.
Peggy Bechko’s Writer’s Resume Do’s and Don’t’s
by Peggy Bechko
So, have you ever thought of a resume to go with your screenwriting endeavors?
Probably not. Many writers think their scripts or manuscripts ARE their resumes. It would seem logical. The emphasis being put on the actual work at hand.
Yeah, well, every field needs a resume. Everybody else in the writing industry whether at publishing houses or studio needs a resume. You know that treatment or other ‘leave-behind’? You might well need to leave a resume as well.
Peggy Bechko’s World of Backstory
by Peggy Bechko
Backstory can be a very important part of your novel or script, or it might not be needed at all at times. It depends on the scene and the characters involved. It’s something the writer needs to give attention to and think about.
If the backstory ties directly into the scene then it’s needed and will give the reader or watcher even more to chew on than the action directly in front of them. Or perhaps your story contains backstory that provides the reader information that will result in the reader gaining a deeper understanding as to what is at stake in the story you’re creating. Or, maybe the information in the backstory that’s being provided adds such punch, such power that the scene in question will be greatly diminished by the simple leaving out of that backstory information. You don’t want to leave out important information any more than you want to put in what isn’t important.