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Holiday Homework: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

There is something a whole lot of us do this time of year that we can turn into an almost miraculous 2 1/2 hour masterclass on writing. We…

Dec 22, 2022

Holiday Homework: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Dec 22, 2022

First Chapters (Nanowrimo Now What?)

First Chapters are a very fraught subject. Writers agonize over them. I The…

Dec 17, 2022

First Chapters (Nanowrimo Now What?)

Dec 17, 2022

Practice Story! Key Story Element: Protagonist’s DESIRE

2022 continues to be… challenging. I know, because many of you share your stories with me. And I know, because like very many of you, I’m…

Apr 24, 2022

Practice Story! Key Story Element: Protagonist’s DESIRE

Apr 24, 2022

Six Great Scenes Make a Movie — or a book!

In my last post on Rewriting I said I was saving the key concept of SETPIECE SCENES for its own post. (Or two, or three…) Because this is…

Mar 5, 2022

Six Great Scenes Make a Movie — or a book!

Mar 5, 2022

Groundhog Day for Groundhog Day

As the classic It’s a Wonderful Life is to Christmas, the classic Groundhog Day is to, well, Groundhog Day.

Feb 2, 2022

Groundhog Day for Groundhog Day

Feb 2, 2022

Preptober series: Is my story idea BIG enough?

It’s an important question. Because “Write what you feel like writing!” is a great idea if you’re calm, relaxed, and sure. But maybe not so…

Oct 16, 2021

Preptober series: Is my story idea BIG enough?

Oct 16, 2021

Equinox Magic

Happy Equinox!! The witch in me compels me to once again gently remind everyone that the weeks of the Equinoxes and Solstices, the three…

Sep 22, 2021

Equinox Magic

Sep 22, 2021

Do you REALLY want to write a book?

It’s that time of year again… Nanowrimo in November, Preptober coming up next month….

Sep 17, 2021

Do you REALLY want to write a book?

Sep 17, 2021

Three essential questions about your protagonist

Aaah, Spring! All that new energy. Doesn’t it just make you want to — write a book or something?

Apr 4, 2021

Three essential questions about your protagonist

Apr 4, 2021

Groundhog Day for Groundhog Day (story breakdown)

As It’s a Wonderful Life is to Christmas, Groundhog Day is to, well, Groundhog Day.

Feb 4, 2021

Groundhog Day for Groundhog Day (story breakdown)

Feb 4, 2021

Alexandra Sokoloff

Alexandra Sokoloff

Thriller Award-winning author of the Huntress/FBI series, the Haunted thrillers and SCREENWRITING TRICKS FOR AUTHORS; recovering screenwriter.

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