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The Home of Her Heart Audio-Book is Now Available
After many months of reading, editing, re-reading, and re-editing, an audio-book edition of Home of Her Heart is now available for free!
 • Tara Goldstein
Choosing to Independently Publish Home of Her Heart
Choosing to independently publish Home of Heart—instead of choosing to publish the novel traditionally—was a big decision for me. Having worked on the…
 • Tara Goldstein
Developing the Nerve of Failure
As I begin to end this 12-week set of posts on writing my first novel, I’d like to share some thoughts from sociologist and creative writer Laurel…
 • Tara Goldstein
Nana Lottie’s Letters
While Luisa is the first protagonist readers meet in Home of Her Heart, the story has a second protagonist: Luisa’s adoptive grandmother Nana Lottie…
 • Tara Goldstein
Story Genres
In his book Save The Cat! Blake Snyder provides his readers with ten types of story genres screenwriters work with and provides examples of popular…
 • Tara Goldstein
Functions of my supporting and minor characters in Home of Her Heart
In this post, I discuss the importance of creating supporting and minor characters that help move the story forward and convey the themes of the story.
 • Tara Goldstein
Deepening the character of Luisa: Creating Paradoxes, Attitudes, and Values
In my last post, I discussed the ways I created consistencies in Luisa’s character.
 • Tara Goldstein
Deepening the character of Luisa: Creating Consistencies
In her 1990 book, Creating Unforgettable Characters, screenwriter Linda Seger provides readers with ten different chapters on ways to develop rich and…
 • Tara Goldstein
Deepening the character of Luisa: Character-Building Exercise
During the writing course I took with novelist Blair Hurley at the University of Toronto in 2018, Blair provided us with a character-building exercise…
 • Tara Goldstein
Deepening the character of Luisa: Four Helpful Questions
In my last post I talked about how Luisa’s determination to find answers to two questions provided the foundation I needed to create a deeper story into…
 • Tara Goldstein
Creating a story for Harriet’s House and Home of Her Heart
As mentioned in my last post, playwright and novelist Kent Stenson believes the development of a new story should emerge from character work. The…
 • Tara Goldstein
Creating characters for Harriet’s House (2012)
One of my favorite ways to begin a new play (or any new story) is by working with a set of exercises I learned from Canadian playwright and novelist…
 • Tara Goldstein
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