David Foard - Published Author

CHAPTER FOUR.

In a small weather-board home, not far from the beach, a woman prepared food for herself and two others.

She placed a tossed salad in a large oval bowl, then turned two T-Bone steaks on the grill.

She was content, and smiled as she went about her chores. Every day should be as wonderful as this, she thought, and found herself humming to a song on the radio.

She laughed as the announcer, Steve Parsons, made some churlish remark, then sliced sausage onto a tea plate, adding salad and potatoes cut into small pieces. Finally, she poured an orange drink into a plastic cup.

She turned to the man with her, placed the salad and steak on the kitchen table, turned to her… Continue reading Chapter Four

Occasionally someone will quip that they cannot write due to a mysterious occurrence known as writer’s block.  Here we will try to decipher the true meaning of the term. I can’t go any further as i am experiencing a writer’s block.  You probably have said something like this before and I am sure you’ve heard other people say it too.  So many say so much about writer’s block? What is it?  Well the problem definitely isn’t medical or mental.  Often writer’s block is simply the inability to relax due to some fear or unresolved concern regarding a particular topic — a lack of confidence, perhaps. Writer’s block is often your bodies way of simply expressing fear or anxiety over your writing.~Writer’s block is frequently the body’s method of expressing fear… Continue reading How to Overcome Writer's Block

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Stories may differ in message, content and characters, but each one is required to have these 16 different elements. This article will equip you with a checklist that will be worth keeping - although it is not necessarily in order.

• Stories must have a workable theme to succeed. This is the thread that weaves seamlessly throughout the story, revealing the general theme.
• It must also have a plot, which is another name for the center climax.
• Every story must have an arc. This is the gradual increase of momentum and interest that builds at the beginning, reaches a fever pitch in the middle, and declines into resolutions of story conflicts at the end.
• Some stories move fast and some move slow, but all of them move at

Writing a novel is a great undertaking. Many people will say sometime in their life that they want to write a novel. However, few have the drive and commitment to actually succeed. If you are ready to discover how to write a novel for the first time, this article can help you. First you need a good idea for your novel. This is called a plot, which is basically your storyline. Be creative! You can write about whatever you desire to! Regardless of the type of plot you have, there should always be some type of conflict for the main character. The end of the novel should provide the resolution of the problem. Don’t worry if you don’t have all the details lined out, a lot… Continue reading How To Write A Novel For The First Time

Have you ever wondered, as you sit at your keyboard, or in front of your keyboard, if there are any secrets to successful novel writing? Well there are – and here are five of them. If you can remember these secrets especially to learning how to write a romance novel, you’re going to be a successful writer or novel writer in not time. But always remember, these secrets, although they help, they can be rendered helpless if you don’t put it into practice. These are just reliable hints that you have to follow to become a successful writer.

First of all, even though you will be working for yourself and you have all the time in the world, no boss or whatsoever, you need to adopt a… Continue reading Writing Romance Novels Is Easier Today