by Greg Turnquist | Jun 13, 2015 | writing
I previously blogged about going back and watching/reading The Hunt for Red October as a writer.As a follow up, I wanted to walk through it the story line and talk about it right here. Together, we’ll walk through each act and do a writing analysis at the end...
by Greg Turnquist | Jun 9, 2015 | writing
Want to be a writer? At last week’s writers conference, one speaker used movie clips to demonstrate various key structures found in books. I also heard another speaker mention how, in chatting with Lee Child, that the man did all his military research by reading...
by Greg Turnquist | Jun 2, 2015 | darklight
About five years ago, I learned about structuring your novel. It started when I read Evolution of a Beat Sheet. I found the article quite interesting, and it lined up perfectly with my analyzing/organizing nature. A Beat Sheet is basically an outline done on a...
by Greg Turnquist | Jun 1, 2015 | writing
As Sara gets underway with her writing career, I am happily doing anything and everything to help. In particular, I’m her de facto web administrator. I set up http://saraturnquist.com using WordPress. I configured her Mail Chimp account to help her build her...