Women Creating Writerly Lives with Scribbling Woman Nancy Rue

Episode 62 Raising the Stakes to the Bleakest Moment

In our Fifth episode of the Craft and the Writerly Life series, we get in there and raise the stakes, all the way to the bleakest moment. We’ll provide 2 sets of questions to ask so you can bring your protagonist to their knees and get them on their feet again. Both Intuitives and Intentional writers can apply these questions whenever and however they want. The writerly outlook is NOT bleak!

Episode 61: The Tension Mounts

In our Fourth episode of the Craft and the Writerly Life series, we play with building conflict, increasing tension, and making things bad, worse, and worst. We build a story together, make charts for characters butting heads, and consider 4 sets of questions to ask in order to weave that tangled web. Intuitives and Intentional writers alike will feel the tension rise. In a good way!

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.