Category: Writing Advice
Here is a list of posts in the 'Writing Advice' category.
How to Market a Book
👤 Smartryk Foster 📖 . Edited: 📚 Studying, Writing Advice
👤 Smartryk Foster 📖 . Edited: 📚 Studying, Writing Advice
As a follow-up to the previous article, I found an interesting article about where and how to market a book. https://www.tckpublishing.com/how-we-sold-50000-books-without-a-marketing-budget/ Some of the links in that article lead to interesting articles, such as how to work with a book review blogger. One thing that article makes a point of...
How Products are Sold
👤 Smartryk Foster 📖 . Edited: 📚 Living Advice, Writing Advice
As I mentioned earlier, I wanted to know how artistic industries make money because I thought that lessons from one artistic industry could be applied to another. This is what I found. Most artists don’t earn a livable wage by selling artwork to consumers. But that’s were it gets interesting...
Interview: Kpopalypse
👤 Smartryk Foster 📖 . Edited: 📚 Acting Advice, Interview, Studying, Writing Advice
Near the end of March, 2017, I interviewed Kpopalypse, a music expert actively working in the music industry. One of the things that prompted me to ask Kpopalypse questions was something that (actor and producer) Aaron Sorkin said in a commercial for his screenwriting masterclass: It’s not just that dialogue...
Quality
👤 Smartryk Foster 📖 . Edited: 📚 Acting Advice, Studying, Writing Advice
When we talk about quality, what does ‘quality’ mean? What is a ‘quality product’? What is ‘quality’ in a story? The word ‘Quality’ means: ‘an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute’ (dictionary.com/browse/quality). The word ‘Quality’ comes from a Latin word that means ‘Of what sort it is.’ A ‘quality’...
Start Here
👤 Smartryk Foster 📖 . Edited: 📚 Acting Advice, Bible Study, Living Advice, News, Studying, Writing Advice
Hello and Welcome to the Smartryk Foster Publications website! ^^ Do you want to know how to write a story from scratch? Would you like to learn what stories are made of and how they work? Then you’ve come to the right place! This website focuses on teaching the building blocks...
How to be Decisive
👤 Smartryk Foster 📖 . Edited: 📚 Acting Advice, Living Advice, Writing Advice
This article was inspired by Taeyeon (Edit: Link replaced.) of Girls’ Generation (Edit: Link replaced.). In 2011, Taeyeon was on an episode of ‘Big Brothers’ with fellow Girls’ Generation members Yuri (you may remember her from a previous blog post), Tiffany (Edit: Link replaced.) and Seohyun (Edit: Link replaced.). During that episode...
Worth and Value
👤 Smartryk Foster 📖 . Edited: 📚 Acting Advice, Bible Study, Writing Advice
Quoted from the previous article:
I’m going to write about Seonhwa’s acting ability in the next article because she gives a glimpse into how she developed the character that she portrays on Invincible Youth. I will say this now, though: Seonhwa’s ability allows her to convey emotions as though...
Conflict Engine
👤 Smartryk Foster 📖 . Edited: 📚 Acting Advice, Writing Advice
Today’s article is about Conflict Engines. This is what is written in How To Craft a Story.
Did you know that every formula is based on relationship? Every formula that has an antagonist in it is based on the relationship that the protagonist has to the protagonist’s goal and that...