Posts Tagged: Dark Moment

And they lived happily ever after: Day 1 of Act 3, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #happilyeverafter
I am so proud of you, More than A Guilty Pleasure (I actually typed more than a dirty pleasure, lol) Class! You’re in the homestretch! ALMOST DONE! This is the easy part. Really. You might be feeling really good about

And they lived happily ever after: Day 1 of Act 3, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #happilyeverafter
I am so proud of you, More than A Guilty Pleasure (I actually typed more than a dirty pleasure, lol) Class! You’re in the homestretch! ALMOST DONE! This is the easy part. Really. You might be feeling really good about

Day 14 of Act 2, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #darkmoment
I have the shivers, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class. Have you shattered her yet? She wants to be shattered. She needs to be broken open, in order to heal. Remember? Don’t worry. Tomorrow, we start to rebuild. But

Day 14 of Act 2, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #darkmoment
I have the shivers, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class. Have you shattered her yet? She wants to be shattered. She needs to be broken open, in order to heal. Remember? Don’t worry. Tomorrow, we start to rebuild. But

Day 13 of Act 2, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #darkmoment
Are you there yet, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class? “No, Jane! It’s not working!” Chill. Remember: So… Stop being so safe. So nice. Break something. Better yet… someone. Best of all? Your heroine. Smash her. This week’s Slide Deck:

Day 13 of Act 2, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #darkmoment
Are you there yet, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class? “No, Jane! It’s not working!” Chill. Remember: So… Stop being so safe. So nice. Break something. Better yet… someone. Best of all? Your heroine. Smash her. This week’s Slide Deck:

Day 12 of Act 2, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #darkmoment
So close, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class! Today, a reminder… This is what you’re doing with your plot, your love story. Your Dark Moment. You’re shattering our heroine (reader)… so that you can rebuild her, heal her. You’re doing

Day 12 of Act 2, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #darkmoment
So close, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class! Today, a reminder… This is what you’re doing with your plot, your love story. Your Dark Moment. You’re shattering our heroine (reader)… so that you can rebuild her, heal her. You’re doing

Day 11 of Act 2, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #letshavesomefun
You’re doing great, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class. So, today… have some fun… Indulge that urge for description… But don’t do this: Break something… This week’s Slide Deck: SLIDE DECK from Week 6 – Act 2, Part 2: crafting

Day 11 of Act 2, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #letshavesomefun
You’re doing great, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class. So, today… have some fun… Indulge that urge for description… But don’t do this: Break something… This week’s Slide Deck: SLIDE DECK from Week 6 – Act 2, Part 2: crafting

Day 10 of Act 2, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #runlikethedevil
How are you doing, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class? Keep up the momentum. Remember what Steven Pressfield said: All right. Run. Break something… This week’s Slide Deck: SLIDE DECK from Week 6 – Act 2, Part 2: crafting

Day 10 of Act 2, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #runlikethedevil
How are you doing, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class? Keep up the momentum. Remember what Steven Pressfield said: All right. Run. Break something… This week’s Slide Deck: SLIDE DECK from Week 6 – Act 2, Part 2: crafting

Day 9 of Act 2, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #thisisthehardpart
Good morning, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class… this is the hard week. Of course it’s hard. Because even if you’re writing a rom-com… you’re building to destroy. You can totally skip ahead, by the way, write the DARK MOMENT

Day 9 of Act 2, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #thisisthehardpart
Good morning, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class… this is the hard week. Of course it’s hard. Because even if you’re writing a rom-com… you’re building to destroy. You can totally skip ahead, by the way, write the DARK MOMENT

Day 8 of Act 2, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #thisisthehardpart
So, as we discussed yesterday, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class… this is the hard week. Construction. Relentlessly building towards the Dark Moment… This is hard. It’s supposed to be hard. This quarter of the draft is a SLOG. Do.

Day 8 of Act 2, #amwritingromance #morethanaguiltypleasure #thisisthehardpart
So, as we discussed yesterday, More Than A Guilty Pleasure class… this is the hard week. Construction. Relentlessly building towards the Dark Moment… This is hard. It’s supposed to be hard. This quarter of the draft is a SLOG. Do.

Welcome to Week 6 of More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Act 2, Part 2-Crafting the DARK MOMENT
Welcome to Week 6 of More Than A Guilty Pleasure! This week, we careen towards the DARK MOMENT. This is the most difficult and critical part of the novel. I mean, if we can make such generalizations. What’s more important,

Welcome to Week 6 of More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Act 2, Part 2-Crafting the DARK MOMENT
Welcome to Week 6 of More Than A Guilty Pleasure! This week, we careen towards the DARK MOMENT. This is the most difficult and critical part of the novel. I mean, if we can make such generalizations. What’s more important,