Nerd Girl Tip #2

Hey fobsters <friends of blog(sters)>,
I have a new tip for you. But, my butler, Winston, has asked me to pass along some exciting news first. Earlier this week, we took a break from researching and made a trip to Bucharest. As you know, World's Greatest Writing Tips (written by none other than the Nerd Girl herself) has been on Romania's bestseller list for the past 45 consecutive weeks. My fans in Romania asked the city of Bucharest to erect a statue in my honor. Somehow a marble sculpture transitioned into what you see below.

For a full view of the Bucharest Metro, please click here

They named a Metro station after me. So, I may not have thousands of Romanian eyes on my pale marble buttocks as they pass through a beautiful city square, but I have other perks, such as people telling their loved ones to pick them up at "Nerd Girl station." It is surely just as good. Surely.

On to the tip...

Movies...movies...movies...movies
 
Use movies to help you get a good idea of what you should include in your 1)action scenes 2)romance scenes 3)booger picking scenes 4)husband and wife bickering scenes 5)you get the point

Start by choosing a movie that has a similar scene to the one you are writing. First, watch it without the sound. Watch for 1)body movement 2)placement of props 3)facial expressions 4) spacial proximity between characters 5)characters in the background who aren't talking


Now, rewind and watch it with the sound turned on. How did dialogue change the feel of the scene? What about the tone?


We are so used to interpreting data visually that when we're thinking about how a scene should unfold in our mind, we might be missing a key element. It's also a motivator when you're feeling stumped on how to begin a scene. But remember, don't *over-stuff* your scene. This exercise may help you identify what's missing in your scene, but you still have to par it down to the most important information.

At the end of the day, be creative, be resourceful, and do what you love. As a nerd, I don't expect you to like this tip, I expect you to love it. Or do I mean the opposite? Not sure. Good-bye, friendly fobs...until next time...next time...next time...

 

NERD GIRL Tip #1

When I'm lacking inspiration, what do I do? I read my favorite books, the ones that give me a great deal of energy and inspiration. You know...like Everyone Poops, and The Tao of Pooh, and of course all of the Harry Potter books. Harry Potter in particular.

Just the other day I was feeling tremendously ho hum about my quest for the secrets of writing the perfect book. So, what did I do? I walked into our dusty home theater and plopped down onto one of the red velvet seats. Winston, my butler, brought me a bucket of fresh, buttery popcorn and handed me the remote. Flipping through the channels, I found HARRY POTTER numero uno playing for my greatly-needing-inspiration convenience. I tossed the popcorn aside and ran across the marble foyer to the library. I'm much more comfortable there, anyway. I found Harry Potter on the shelves under (R) (you know, for Rowling?) and read until I felt ALIVE....until I felt that EVERY breath I took was filled with 10,000,000 atoms of INSPIRATION!

Thank you Harry. Thank you J to the K to the R-O-W-L-I-N-G!

And, that, my friendly fobs (remember, Friends of Blog), is how I felt inspired enough to write another page in my current best selling book (which you can buy by the page, here).

Introducing: Nerd Girl

Hey there fobs (Friends Of Blog), Just writing a quick post to introduce myself. I've got a huge collection of writing tips to share with you guys, so stick around (sometime within the next 24 hours, 1440 minutes, and 86,400 seconds) for my first ever tip.

I know it's hard to take advice from a nerd like me, but you don't judge a book by its cover do you? Oh wait. Yes, you do. Well, even though you judge a book by a cover, you don't judge a person by their nerdiness. Or maybe you do. IF you're a mean person (mean people never ever ever get published so you better check into mean people rehab) we don't like you anyway. So all you nice people, just stick around or come back later to read my first ever writing tip. It might be about plot. It might be about publishing. It just MIGHT be about the ancient scrolls my butler, Winston, is bringing back from the Vatican as we speak....uh....never mind. Just come back later for the tip. Okay?

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To visit the blog where my award winning book is sold, click here.