Getting Blood on Your Pages - what I learned from Fight Write
A long long time ago, I entered in a giveaway and won several books. One of those books was Fight Write by Carla Hoch, a "trained fighter...
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joellestoneauthor
Jul 167 min read
75 Prompts for the Uninspired Writer (with pictures)
What writer doesn't like being able to plagiarize without getting sued? That's what these prompts are for: take 'em, leave 'em, take half...
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joellestoneauthor
Jul 210 min read
The Trauma of Moral Injury (featuring a military chaplain)
Way back in April, I spent four days at Mount Hermon, CA, attending a missions conference put on by the same organization I'm a summer...
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joellestoneauthor
Jun 1110 min read
The Corruption Arc: a case study of King Saul
I, for one, struggle with negative character arcs. Mostly because I operate from a false sense of the "good" in humanity, and I really...
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joellestoneauthor
Apr 124 min read
3 Ways to Brainstorm New Superpowers for Your Next Novel
On Saturday, I sent out a newsletter with a challenge for my subscribers to come up with a unique superpower - something they'd never...
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joellestoneauthor
Mar 131 min read
10 Crazy Real-Life Wonders to Add to Your Next Novel
Guys. Wix deleted this entire post somehow. WHY *dies* Maybe I'll rewrite it one of these days, but for now I'm afraid it's kinda dead. ...
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joellestoneauthor
Jan 155 min read
Creating a Character in 5 Songs
Pinterest is bad for me, I'm convinced. I've never had so many writing prompts in my life and I don't have time to do them all even...
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joellestoneauthor
Jan 97 min read
Words for the Weary Writer (part 2)
Last week, I published a post on the why behind sticking with your writing, and why creativity in general is a beautiful thing that...
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joellestoneauthor
Jan 16 min read
Words for the Weary Writer (part 1)
(originally posted as a guest post on Aletheianna Mercy's blog. I've edited and modified quite a bit though) Being creative is hard work....
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joellestoneauthor
Jul 24, 20234 min read
It's Time to Raise the Stakes (and here's how)
We've all experienced one of those stories. You know, the ones where the fate of the world hinges on the protagonist's ability to defeat...
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