Flash Tip: Chapter Structure
In this week’s Word Essential Flash Tip, Alida discusses the structure of chapters and how to ensure you’ve got rising action in each one. Hint: it looks like a ramp. Leave a comment below, or join the Story Works Writers Facebook Group and...Working with an Editor
This week, I sit down with Mat Morris, of Author Strong Podcast, to have a conversation about what an author should prepare before working with an editor–if anything. We have a great, open conversation, and you get to be the proverbial fly on the wall....Finding Theme
Alida helps you find the theme of your work in this week’s Flash Tip.
Flash Tip: Group Projects
I’ve noticed in several manuscripts recently that writers are sometimes afraid to show the reader what the hero and her team are planning to do, especially when our hero is about to go into the climactic battle. When you need the group to do some serious...I'm Alida
I help people express their gifts to the world.
I do not believe in formulas. I believe that the stories we are compelled to tell the world make demands on us, and it is our privilege to meet those demands in order to reach the most people in the most authentic and compelling way possible.
