How to Write – Noah Lloyd

You can write, or you can do nothing

A brilliant little writer’s mantra from Neil Gaiman: “You can write, or you can do nothing. But you can’t do anything other than write.”

Don’t Fear the Filler

When you find yourself stuck in a scene in your first draft, don’t fear the filler.

Simple Hacks: “To Be” Verbs

We overuse the “to be” verb constantly. Finding ways to use it intentionally will sharpen our prose and add pleasing sentence variation.

NaNoWriMo Recap 2021

A totally personal recap of National Novel Writing Month 2021. Did you participate in NaNoWriMo this year? How’d it go? What kind of lessons have you gained from arbitrary writing goals?

Consider “We See”

Before all the Scriptnotes adherents come and castigate me, let me say in a clear voice, I AM ONE OF YOU. I just have some thoughts about “We see.”

Other People

Adding an external viewer to a scene’s emotional core can help root your audience in how they’re supposed to feel, providing a sometimes much-needed guide.