In this post we share another post by Catharine Bramkamp on “Nanowrimo Prep and Scrivener Sneak Peek.” You can also watch Catharine talk about these tips and chat about how to use Scrivener in...
Here are some glorious amateurs through history. How can they can inspire us today? Who says there’s no room for amateurs on the stage?
After working with a 90 year old client, Catherine Bramkamp reflects on living a life of passion and how you can live a life of passion too.
Don’t go advertising just anywhere! Take our social media advice and learn how to promote your book for the most hits and the best results.
There are many ways to use ChatGPT for beginning novelists as well as many anxieties. Let us tell you what they are and soothe your worry.
A short history to celebrate the Nobel Prize winning poet TS Eliot and the genesis of his modernist poem, “The Waste Land.”
Catharine Bramkamp asks: are afraid of finishing your book; how writing can get lost amongst other priorities; and what to do about it.
Writing coach Catherine Bramkamp shares how reading books is like breathing air in this article Novels In & Out.
A well crafted story contains universal truths that resonate across cultures and across time. Is that why they get banned?
To get writing tomorrow, be nice to your future self and follow these tips from writing coach and teacher, Catharine Bramkamp.
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Hoarding, as a character flaw, creates characters with depth and you can find inspiration for this in the world all around you.
by Guest Contributor · Published November 4, 2022 · Last modified November 1, 2022
A plan can help authors organize their time and production schedule to prevent the last minute chaos procrastination often creates.
With the flip of a card Tarot and Oracle cards offer thematic, character and plot ideas to authors who find themselves needing inspiration.
by Guest Contributor · Published September 2, 2022 · Last modified October 30, 2022
The way we organize our books can reveal a lot; do we organize to fit a trend, prepare for research, or simply for asthetic appeal?
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