Women Creating Writerly Lives with Scribbling Woman Nancy Rue

Episode 60: Untangling the Plot

Third episode in our series: Craft and the Writerly life. Here we go into the messiest, most chaotic, most seemingly impossible part of writing a story: The Bloody Plot! Because there is no hack for this, we simply address 5 questions to ask ourselves, based on the throughline (Episode #58) and the turning points (Episode #59) Once again, this is NOT just for the Intentional Writer. Intuitives… we’ve got your back too.

Episode 59 Creating a Character Arc

Second episode in our series: Craft and the Writerly life. This time, we talk about creating the character arc, the movement of our protagonist’s inner journey. The three steps will lead to a beginning, an end, and the turning points in between. And just so you know, this is NOT just for the Intentional Writer. Intuitives… we’ve got your back too.

Episode 58 Discovering the Writerly Throughline (Episode 1 in the Craft and the Writerly Life series)

First episode in a new series: Craft and the Writerly Life. We’ve built our writerly lives on all the levels. Now let’s look at the craft of writing—not “here’s how to do it”, but “here’s how YOU do it” in your own unique way. We start with the most foundational element of story-telling—the throughline. By following 4 steps we’ll discover the hidden need that shapes our stories.

Episode 57: Remodeling Our Writerly Lives

We’ve reignited our passion and reconnected with our writerly lives. We’ve grown in that process, which means that some aspects of that creative life may need some remodeling. In this episode, we envision an updated “creative house,” and explore its five “rooms”—why, who, what, how, and when/where to see what needs some tweaking, if not an all out redo.

Episode 56: Releasing the Writerly Rules

Listening to other people tell us the “rules” for living a writerly life is like waiting for permission to ugly-cry or snort-laugh. Before we can write—and live—authentically and creatively, we first need to release the “commandments” that limit us. In this episode we explore three areas that could do with some pondering. Prepare to feel—and be—free.