Archive - Writers Gonna Write

Mary Ann Was Never Boring

How to Describe Simple Things

Aug 29 • Anthony Trendl

Three Acts and a Bigger Boat

Thinking through Jaws to better write the middle of your story.

Aug 12 • Anthony Trendl

July 2026

Say It Out Loud

Using the Spoken Word to Write the Written Word

Jul 31 • Anthony Trendl

The Hero’s Journey

A Jedi and a Little Girl

Jul 22 • Anthony Trendl

Stop! In the Name of Books!

How to turn passive consumption into active writing.

Jul 15 • Anthony Trendl

“Right said,” Fred said.

Dialogue tags and bloated verbing

Jul 8 • Anthony Trendl

Imagining Microcosms

Think Small and Make Your Story Bigger

Jul 1 • Anthony Trendl

June 2026

Out of Space and Time (Tom Joad at Walmart?)

How deconstructing classic literature allows us to rebuild timeless human drama in any era.

Jun 25 • Anthony Trendl

Character Development

Boring characters make boring stories

Jun 18 • Anthony Trendl

Duck! Getting Organized to Be Amazing

Stop wandering around and getting nothing done. Here's how.

Jun 11 • Anthony Trendl

The Three Little Pigs & Plot Points

Oink. Let the pigs teach you how to develop your story.

Jun 3 • Anthony Trendl

May 2026

Joro Spiders & Writers

Be Like the Joro Spider and Get Your Book Done

May 28 • Anthony Trendl

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