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Previously we talked about the building blocks of our story: 1) Generating the idea 2) The elements of plot 3) Developing the characters 4) Writing the beat sheet All of these helps us to create [...]

In the previous entry we established our environment (the junkyard), and figured out who our main characters would be (a robot and a dog), and what their motivations were. Since we had all of [...]

So we have some ideas about characters and location, but no real specifics. I like to start to get the idea of the characters in my head at this stage, so I can further develop their motivations [...]

In our previous entry in the Making of Junkyard Chase series, we talked about inspiration. I got my inspiration for this particular story from classic cartoons. From this inspiration, and knowing [...]

Many people approach me at conventions who want to write (or are writing) and they ask about the writing process. It’s difficult to get into the nitty gritty details during a panel at a [...]