by Greg Turnquist | Aug 16, 2015 | darklight, writing
Sign up for this webinar: http://www.jerryjenkins.com/irresistible-first-page I entered a contest for a critique on the first page of Darklight and won! Sign up for the webinar and get a hint of my story as it gets critiqued by the author of the Left Behind...
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 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...
by Greg Turnquist | May 27, 2015 | writing
The world of open source has commoditized many things. It’s the key reason my wife and I could move off of Windows and onto Macs without the world knowing or caring. Key apps we use are Chrome and LibreOffice. These tools are free and open. It takes no effort to...
by Greg Turnquist | May 14, 2015 | writing
Last night’s night’s writing prompt: * * * Manager dropped the problem in my lap. I look up at my screen start typing. Hmm. How do you do that? I look over at my book shelf. My finger runs across the six books I have. I fish one out, flip to the chapter...
