Martina Boone

writer. blogger. mother. traveler on a bumpy road.

Europe's Dark Ages Weren't Quite So Dark

From Smithsonian: New evidence from human skull and shoulders used as a medical specimen suggest more advanced knowledge of anatomy and medicine than previously suspected.

The writer who cares more about words than about story – characters, action, setting, atmosphere – is unlikely to create a vivid and continuous dream; he gets in his own way too much; in his poetic drunkenness, he can’t tell the cart – and its cargo – from the horse.
— John Gardner
Save the Cat + Story Engineering Worksheet via Jami Gold View high resolution

Save the Cat + Story Engineering Worksheet via Jami Gold

Awesome Save the Cat Beatsheet editable spreadsheet automatically updates based on your wordcount. (This is for novels and uses Blake Snyder’s wonderful system based on the book Save the Cat)  via Liz Writes:
http://lizwritesbooks.com/savethecat/ View high resolution

Awesome Save the Cat Beatsheet editable spreadsheet automatically updates based on your wordcount. (This is for novels and uses Blake Snyder’s wonderful system based on the book Save the Cat)  via Liz Writes:

http://lizwritesbooks.com/savethecat/

The hero’s journey diagram

The hero’s journey diagram

Why are you afraid to write? Here’s your shot of courage and perspective. :)

Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts.
— Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Obsessive people make great art.
— Susan Sontag
Would your protagonist like herself? Your antagonist?

Would your protagonist like herself? Your antagonist?

(Source: observando)