by Mark Cheverton | Oct 8, 2018 | Writing Tips
While attending a writer’s conference last year, I was introduced to the idea of writing about the physical effects of emotion on a character. In most of my Minecraft-inspired novels, I’d say, “Gameknight was overwhelmed with fear.” Or “Fear...
by Mark Cheverton | May 20, 2024 | TheNextAuthor Writing Tips
by Mark Cheverton | May 4, 2018 | Writing Tips
Once upon a time there was ___. Every day, ___. One day ___. Because of that, ___. Because of that, ___. Until finally ___. The above paragraph is referred to as Pixar’s Rule #4. A Pixar storyboard artist, Emma Coats, @lawnrocket, compiled a list story wisdom she...
by Mark Cheverton | May 20, 2024 | TheNextAuthor Writing Tips
by Mark Cheverton | Jul 19, 2018 | Writing Tips
When I first started writing, I did a terrible job with the two topics of this post: echoing and character names. This is a problem I see in many young writers as well as some older, inexperienced writers like I was a few years ago. Echoing is the use of words...
by Mark Cheverton | May 20, 2024 | TheNextAuthor Writing Tips
by Mark Cheverton | Mar 18, 2023 | Fan Fiction
Ender’s Invention By: TheNightshard Table of contents 1: The idea 2: Ender’s game 3: Phase 2 4: the other gamers Chapter 1: The Idea He was just another kid on the block, the one with an unusual name. That is, until he started inventing. His name was Ender. He...
by Mark Cheverton | Mar 10, 2021 | Blog
Improve Literacy through Writing Reading is such a pervasive part of our adult lives, from ordering at a restaurant to reading the bill at the dentist (ouch) to reading a marriage license (yes dear, 🙂 ); reading is a necessary tool for everyone. I’m guessing I don’t...
by Mark Cheverton | Feb 20, 2021 | Blog, Life Lessons
Understanding What’s Important A lot of us look at others and wonder, Why can’t I be like them? I worked with someone who was super successful. They were promoted, received raises, and climbed the corporate ladder with ease. Everyone was impressed with...
by Mark Cheverton | Feb 17, 2021 | Blog, Writing Tips
Writing is Rewriting Writing is rewriting is a phrase many authors hear, but not as many employ. Rewriting my novel is always an important process to me; this where you get the story to really shine. I spent a lot of time rewriting my latest Young Adult fantasy novel,...