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
May 2110 min read
20 Obscure, Underrated Weapons for Your Next Novel
If you've never browsed The Complete Encyclopedia of Arms & Weapons by Leonid Tarassuk & Claude Blair, you have been missing a vital part...
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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
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
Oct 2, 20238 min read
3 Tips on Writing the Opposite Gender
In a long since trashed draft of Keepers of the Nine (only those of you who are veterans on this blog will know what I’m talking about...
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joellestoneauthor
Jul 3, 20239 min read
My Top 10 Examples of Strong Male Protagonists
There's a lot of hype over "strong" female protagonists. Some love how women characters are portrayed nowadays, especially those who can...
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joellestoneauthor
Apr 3, 20234 min read
No One Writes Like You
Well. Guys, I stink at remembering things - especially important writing things, it appears. 'Cuz I was supposed to post this back when...
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