Anyone who decides to write a fictional book will need to do some level of worldbuilding. The genre you choose to write will…
Motivational Minute with Paige Lavoie #76: A Garden of Ideas
Paige Lavoie likens being a writer to tending a crazy, overgrown garden in Motivational Minute #76 on Writer’s Atelier TV! While putting her…
Motivational Minute with Paige Lavoie #74: Revisit Things You Loved
We are back this week with Motivational Minute #74! Our very own motivator in residence, Paige Lavoie, reminisces about the media she fell…
Motivational Minute with Paige Lavoie #73: Books Don’t Exist
In Motivational Minute #73, Paige Lavoie drops a bombshell: there is no such thing as books. April Fools! Books do exist. No need…
Motivational Minute with Paige Lavoie #72: You Can’t Take Every Day Off From Writing
Motivational Minute #72 finds Paige Lavoie with a headache, and not the first of the week. They have been plaguing her for days…
Motivational Minute with Paige Lavoie #71: Disappointments Happen
Paige Lavoie reminds us in Motivational Minute #71 on Writer’s Atelier TV that being a writer is hard. Not only are we balancing…
Motivational Minute with Paige Lavoie #70: You Can Take a Day Off
There was no Motivational Minute last week because our dear Paige Lavoie was feeling under the weather, but now we’re back with Motivational…
Motivational Minute with Paige Lavoie #68: Your Novel’s Opening Musical Number
Paige Lavoie is feeling footloose and fancy-free in Motivational Minute #68 on Writer’s Atelier TV! Our fair lady Paige can testify that first…
Discover Your Voice in Fiction (Part 2): Develop Character Voice by Angelique Bochnak
In part one of the Discover Your Voice in Fiction series, we discussed voice and defined what it really means in fiction. This…
“Discover Your Voice in Fiction, Part 1: What is Voice?” By Angelique Bochnak
We’ve all been told at some point in our writing careers that agents, publishers, and fans are all looking for a fresh new…