Inspirational Journeys Presents: How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method with Special Guest Randy Ingermanson

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In today’s episode, I’m excited to have the author and creator of the Snowflake Method as my special guest. Though I talked podcast listeners and YouTube viewers through the Snowflake Method, I can’t do it just like Randy Ingermanson can, so sit back, relax and be sure to have a note taking device at the ready, because we’re going to cover a lot of information.

 

INSPIRATIONAL JOURNEYS PRESENTS!

 

 

How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method with Randy Ingermanson!

Hello:

I’m proud to announce the following guest for your listening pleasure.

Please be sure to read onward after the following message to learn how you can be my guest here on INSPIRATIONAL JOURNEYS.

Thanks for listening and do write to let me and my guest know what you thought of this presentation.

 

 

WHO?

Randy Ingermanson

WHEN?

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

WHERE?

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWFyJFJHoOU&t=300s

 

Podcast:

https://anchor.fm/inspirational-journeys/episodes/How-to-Write-a-Novel-Using-the-Snowflake-Method-with-Special-Guest-Randy-Ingermanson-etagva

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MORE ABOUT GUEST AUTHOR RANDY INGERMANSON…

 

Randy Ingermanson wants to teach you how to write excellent fiction. 

He’s been teaching for more than twenty years, and he’s known around the world as “the Snowflake Guy” in honor of his wildly popular Snowflake Method of writing a novel.

Randy is an award-winning novelist and publishes the free monthly Advanced Fiction Writing E-zine. He says that “Fiction Writing = Organization + Craft + Marketing,” so he focuses on those three topics in his e-zine.

He also blogs when the spirit moves him. He is trying to get the spirit to move him weekly, but the spirit gets touchy about schedules.

Randy lives in the Pacific Northwest and works as a manservant to two surly and demanding cats. Visit Randy at AdvancedFictionWriting.com.

 

 

 

 

Today’s featured book is entitled: How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method

 

Description

Are you writing a novel, but having trouble getting your first draft written?

Take a look at the wildly popular Snowflake Method—ten battle-tested steps that jump-start your creativity and help you quickly map out your story. All around the world, novelists are using the Snowflake Method right now to ignite their imaginations and get their first drafts down.

The Snowflake Method is a magical key to unlock your creative wizard.

This book is written as a “business parable,” which means it’s a book about a nonfiction topic, but it’s written in story form. The story features a young woman named Goldilocks who desperately wants to write a novel. She goes to a writers conference, and there she takes classes from three bears. Papa Bear teaches outlining, but Goldilocks finds that too rigid. Mama Bear teaches “organic writing,” but Goldilocks finds that too squishy. Baby Bear teaches the Snowflake Method. Will Goldilocks find it to be just right?

Yes, this is a very zany story. That’s the point. The zaniness of the story will help lock the principles deep inside your head. Because story does that. You remember stories longer. Especially zany stories. Have fun!

 

Purchase link:   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LWBZ696/

 

Excerpt:

Goldilocks had always wanted to write a novel. 

She learned to read before she went to kindergarten. 

In grade school, she always had her nose in a book. 

In junior high, the other kids thought she was weird, because she actually liked reading those dusty old novels in literature class. 

All through high school, Goldilocks dreamed of writing a book of her own someday.

But when she went to college, her parents persuaded her to study something practical. 

Goldilocks hated practical, and secretly she kept reading novels. But she was a very obedient girl, so she did what her parents told her. She got a very practical degree in marketing. 

After college, she got a job that bored her to tears—but at least it was practical.

Then she got married, and within a few years, she had two children, a girl and then a boy. She quit her job to devote full time to them. 

As the children grew, Goldilocks took great joy in introducing them to the stories she had loved as a child. 

When her son went off to kindergarten, Goldilocks thought about looking for a job. But her resume now had a seven-year hole in it, and her practical skills were long out of date. 

The only jobs Goldilocks could qualify for were minimum wage.

She suddenly realized that being practical had made her horribly unhappy. 

On a whim, Goldilocks decided to do the one thing she had always wanted more than anything else—she was finally going to write a novel.

She didn’t care if it was impractical.

She didn’t care if nobody would ever read her novel.

She was going to do it just because she wanted to.

For the first time in years, she was going to do something just for herself.

 

And nobody was going to stop her.

 

Learn more about the Snowflake Method at the following link::

https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com

 

BE A GUEST…

 

As authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs, we often find it hard to stand out above the constant chatter on the internet. If that sounds like you, I’d like to help you boost the visibility of your brand. My name is Ann Harrison-Barnes and I run a podcast called Inspirational Journeys. On my podcast I post solo episodes of value to my listeners, led by the Holy Spirit. I also talk to authors, creative artists and entrepreneurs who want to share their inspirational journeys with the world. If you’re interested in being a guest on my show, please send an email to annwrites75@gmail.com with Inspirational Journeys in the subject line of your email, so I can send you my featured book questionnaire.

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