Rob Parnell's Writing Academy Blog

Nice to see ya. To see ya, nice. Finally moved to our new home in the country this week. Been packing and humping boxes and furniture for days and everything aches! Which is why I'm a bit late getting my latest course up on The Writing Academy . Should be ready sometime next week. It's a good one: Secrets of a Freelance Writer , a massive video course that contains every tip, tactic, and trick I've employed to make a great living over the last 25 years - being only a freelance writer. Look out for that soon! Keep Writing Rob Parnell Your Success is my Concern The Writing Academy The Key Ingredient in Great Stories During some sleepless-night downtime recently, I was thinking about stories and what made them work, and what made them satisfying to read. I mean, pretty much anyone can sit down and write - but it takes a little extra thought to write a story that other people will care about. And I wond...

Share:          Already half way through February and our new year's resolutions are looking vague and somehow inappropriate for 2017.  Funny how that works. You get all excited about new projects one minute and then the next, you wonder what it was that inspired you.   It's all part of being a creative artist. You need to focus, make decisions based on moments of clear thinking, and follow through - whether motivated or not. If you wait to be "in the right mood" before you start, you'll never get anything done! Keep Writing! Rob Parnell Your Success is My Concern What Makes a Pro Writer? They say writing is more than a skill, a pastime, or a way of making a living.  It is a  vocation  - like being a nurse or missionary.  In order to commit yourself, and impress those that would read your work, you have to want to do it for nothing. Indeed this is how many of ...

Everyone talks about Black Friday - but I thought,  "There should be another crazy sale at this time of year!" So here it is:  95% OFF everything until midnight tonight. The  St Valentine's Day Price Massacre:  see below for prices as low as UNDER FIVE BUCKS for entire writing courses! Keep Writing! Rob Parnell Your Success is My Concern The Writing Academy Valentine's Day Price Massacre! All of the links below will take you to a special Valentine's day discount of 95% OFF all of my Writing Academy courses. These links are now LIVE until MIDNIGHT, Valentine's Day! FREE Webinar Replay FREE Mini Writing Course PLUS The Easy Way to Write a Novel The Easy Way to Write Short Stories That Sell: The Video Course Writing The Thriller For Submission and Publication Writing The Fantasy Novel Writing Horror for Fun and Profit How to Write a GREAT Children’s Book: The Video Course The Easy Way to Write C...

Welcome to this week's uncertain world. I don't know about you but when I listen to the news, I think the world is becoming more like George Orwell's 1984 every minute. This morning Trump said, "We will not allow intolerance." Does anyone else hear the absurdity of that statement? It's Orwell's Doublespeak.  Anyway, this newsletter is about improving your English, rather than corrupting it! Write From The Start - From Inspiration to Publication and Beyond http://rob-parnell-writing-academy.thinkific.com/courses/write-from-the-start?coupon=robsprice Keep Writing, Rob Parnell Your Success is My Concern The Writing Academy "Getting paid for writing  is a triumph of tenacity over intelligence." I love this quote - it's one of my favorites - not least because it's one of my mother's. Mommie dearest has always regarded writers as odd sorts. The idea that we would spend a large portion of o...

Topic:   Plotting Fiction for Publication Level:  Beginner to Intermediate Duration:  2 hours approx Delivery:  PDF. Text based Rob Parnell and The Writing Academy present: Plotting Perfect Stories When it comes to writing stories, once you have a good grasp of character creation, you can then move on to the tricky part: creating a great plot for your novel, short story or flash/fan fiction. Plotting is fundamental to story. It can make or break the impact of your writing. A plot is not merely a sequence of events - in the same way that a series of diary entries is not a story. A plot is something much more involved - it implies a coherence that goes way beyond a simple relating of 'story points'. A good plot is a thing of beauty. It has symmetry and a solidity that goes far beyond what most writers even try to accomplish… So what makes a good plot? Here's your chance to find out in Rob Parnell's:  Plotting Perfect Stories Course incl...

I've been getting some lovely feedback recently regarding my Writing Academy. People seem to love it, which pleases me greatly. There's so far almost one thousand students enjoying twenty live courses, two of them free, with eleven more writing courses due up over the next couple of months. After that I'll be making a course about creating a course of your own! (What's the point of learning how to do things unless you can teach others to do the same?) Anyway, a new mini course is out today, This one is specifically about  Character Creation  for fiction. And it's only $7, down from $97.  Go here for that. Keep Writing! Rob Parnell Your Success is my Concern The Writing Academy How the Author Disappears From View ​​​​​​​There's a profound difference between a preacher and a commentator, a politician and a journalist, a spin doctor and a critic. And what is that? One word.  Agenda. ​​​​​​​ The main reas...

Did you get the free course on writing your own autobiography? It's here: http://rob-parnell-writing-academy.thinkific.com/courses/how-to-write-your-memoirs/ Today's article is about how to make your writing more professional-looking. Keep Writing! Rob Parnell Your Success is My Concern The Writing Academy You probably won't be surprised to learn I read a lot of unpublished manuscripts. I also read a lot of published work. Are there some glaring differences between the two? You betcha. The fact is most beginning writers write too much. That's okay for the first draft but when it comes to editing, you need to give that delete key a thorough work out! Good writing is about pacing, about taking the reader on a journey and keeping in step with them along the way. If you get the pacing wrong, the reader will stumble and begin to lose interest because it will seem you are more interested in writing the words th...