For Writers
The Hero’s Journey
The following articles are based on Joseph Campbell’s The Hero With a Thousand Faces and Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey. These articles also draw somewhat from Robert Ray’s The Weekend Novelist.
- The World Navel: A Story’s Foundation by Lisa Paitz Spindler
- Archetypes of the Hero’s Journey by Lisa Paitz Spindler
- Stages of the Journey & the Hero’s Journey Worksheet by Lisa Paitz Spindler
Write a Novel in Ten Weeks
The following series of articles were modeled after Joanne Reid’s “How to Write a Novel in Ten Weeks,” but with a slightly modified plan.
- Lesson One: Theme, Premise & Conflict by Lisa Paitz Spindler
- Lesson Two: Plotting by Diana Dominguez
- Lesson Three: Characters & Setting Part I by Lisa Paitz Spindler
- Lesson Four: Characters & Setting Part II by Lisa Paitz Spindler
- Lesson Five: Dialogue by Diana Dominguez
- Lesson Six: Beginnings by Diana Dominguez & Lisa Paitz Spindler
- Lesson Seven: Middles by Lisa Paitz Spindler
- Lesson Eight: Some Thoughts on Subplots by Lisa Paitz Spindler
- Lesson Nine: Endings by Lisa Paitz Spindler & Diana Dominguez
- Lesson Ten: Publishing: Submitting to Agents & Editors by Karrie Balwochus
- Addendum: Scene and Sequel by Karrie Balwochus