David Gane

1/ A New Newsletter Aug 16, 2020 Newsletters A new format, giving you a list of recommendations and tools for writing

What’s left behind Aug 9, 2020 Writing Notes A couple of years ago, my family and I went on a camping trip down to the United States (back when such a thing was possible). As one does, we

A Tool Against Writer’s Block Aug 2, 2020 Writing Notes For a long time, I’ve railed against writer’s block. I think it’s stupid and one of the dumbest things we as writers have ever invented1.

WOARO Jul 26, 2020 Writing Notes Summary: Let’s talk about the heart of all story. As I mentioned last week, a lot of my writing and teaching practice was shaped by Jerry Cleaver’s

Why Immediate Fiction is one of the best writing books of all time Jul 19, 2020 Writing Notes One of my favourite books on writing story is Jerry Cleaver’s Immediate Fiction, yet sadly, I rarely hear it recommended to emerging authors. I

Why we left Amazon Jul 12, 2020 Writing Notes Over a month ago, Angie and I pulled our books off the Amazon store. If you look, there are only a few copies available from some resellers. All the

The beginning of new things May 26, 2020 Personal I started writing this the day before the Counios and Gane monthly newsletter went out. I was nervous—this was the first time I was openly

Books like Beer Feb 21, 2018 Personal While finishing up last week’s show , I learned all about Nokomis Craft Ales and I couldn’t help but relate. Nokomis Craft Ales is owned by Jeff

Thank you—We won the SBA First Book Award Apr 30, 2017 Personal Last night is still a blur, but I wanted share our acceptance speech-or at least what we planned to say and what I vaguely remember we actually

No paparazzi Apr 17, 2017 Personal Our trip to Indigo Chapters Saskatoon from last weekend. Vlog by: Anna “dat boi” Gane Music by: David Cutter Music (This was previously posted on

Ask For What You Want Dec 9, 2016 Personal One of the lessons I preach in scriptwriting class is that all story is about a character taking action towards their want. If your character wants

Friends, Family, and Fans Dec 5, 2016 Personal Since Ang and I had our first official book reading in a store , I’ve been thinking about our audience. I think it’s fair to say that our core of

Party in the front, business in the back Feb 23, 2016 Personal This weekend I began a six week arts entrepreneurship and business development course through the local arts board. As we worked on our business

First Week Back Feb 6, 2016 Personal Ang and I officially started writing the first draft of our new book this week and I have some thoughts on it: Once we had the outline and ready to

Change Jan 13, 2016 Personal On Monday, I had my first class and decided to open with a discussion about change. Often, I think how story is about characters managing change.

Less Blogging. More Doing. Jan 6, 2016 Personal Over my self-imposed time away, I’ve been rethinking the blog and decided to reduce the amount of blog posts I write. There are a couple of reasons

The In-Betweens Dec 8, 2015 Personal The past few weeks, I’ve been painting rooms in the house. As well, I did a small talk for my daughter’s class on Monday and Ang and I have been

Selling Myself Dec 2, 2015 Personal Stupid fear, getting in the way… Our book is out in the world and we have it in printed form and it’s time to sell. I have a stack of business

Starting Fresh Aug 7, 2015 Personal As my letters to Ang elucidated (I really think “hallucinated” would work well here too), many things have fallen by the wayside for me this last