Story Quest with STORY GENIUS – Part I

Story Quest with STORY GENIUS – Part I

This entry is part 1 of 13 in the series Story Genius Method - PillarYikes… Aside form the fact that this post has a crazy long title, and that I’m on my second (or third?) cup of coffee, I was struck with an idea: what if I wrote the next TPC story live?...
Story Quest with STORY GENIUS – Part II

Story Quest with STORY GENIUS – Part II

This entry is part 2 of 13 in the series Story Genius Method - PillarStep 2: Why do I care? So in Part 1 I got a super basic pinprick of an idea jotted down. Now, per the STORY GENIUS method, I need to answer this ‘why do I care’ question. Lisa...
Story Quest with STORY GENIUS – Part I

Story Quest with STORY GENIUS – Part III

This entry is part 3 of 13 in the series Story Genius Method - PillarThe consequence of doing things live… Haha so I’ve never written a blog post live before. This feels completely different than if I were writing it without you guys looking over my shoulder 🙂...
Story Quest with STORY GENIUS – Part IV

Story Quest with STORY GENIUS – Part IV

This entry is part 4 of 13 in the series Story Genius Method - PillarLisa’s next mandate is to come up with a “thumbnail sketch” of our protag. If you want the nitty gritty on what should go into that then go buy her book here (I’m on chapter...
Story Quest with STORY GENIUS – Part IV

Story Quest with STORY GENIUS – Part V

This entry is part 5 of 13 in the series Story Genius Method - PillarToday… Lisa’s (remember, Lisa Cron created a method for crafting novels in her book STORY GENIUS, and I’m testing it on short stories) question is “what does your protag...