Insecure Writer’s Support Group, IWSG Anniversary, September Movie Preview, and Bloodstone!

It’s time for another group posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group! Time to release our fears to the world – or offer encouragement to those who are feeling neurotic. If you’d like to join us, click on the tab above and sign up. We post the first Wednesday of every month. I encourage everyone to visit at least a dozen new blogs and leave a comment. Your words might be the encouragement someone needs.

The awesome co-hosts for the September 4 posting of the IWSG are Beth Camp, Jean Davis, Yvonne Ventresca, and PJ Colando!

September 4 question - Since it's back to school time, let's talk English class. What's a writing rule you learned in school that messed you up as a writer?

Proper sentence structure! I mean, that’s out the window when it comes to writing a story. Both in dialogue and the actual writing. A one-word sentence is perfectly acceptable in a book. It took me a while to realize that and relax with my writing, sound more natural.

And this is the thirteenth anniversary of the IWSG! It began in 2011 as just a blog hop and then morphed into a website, Facebook group, newsletter, Twitter group, and Instagram group.
Thanks to all of you for supporting the IWSG all these years.

Coming Soon!

Bloodstone by H. R. Sinclair
Lost Witch, Book One
Release date – September 22v ISBN: 9798329367645
Katelyn Grey is a gardener in Southern California. She’s content with pruning shrubs and looking after her step-mom, the only family she has left. That is, until a lawyer shows up and tells her that her long-lost aunt died, leaving her the family home on the other side of the country.
Though Katelyn hates to travel, a weird clause in her aunt’s will forces her to visit a quaint New England seaside town. Her world changes when she discovers she’s inherited a haunted brownstone, fickle magic, and a hidden key that someone else wants. And they’re willing to kill for it.
Now, she must learn how to use magic, find the key, and figure out what it’s for before she ends up like her long-lost aunt. Dead.
Find it on Amazon, iTunes, Barnes and Noble, and Books2Read

September Movie Preview

Here are the theatrical releases for September. Descriptions courtesy of the IMDB. Snark provided by me.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Director: Tim Burton
Stars: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
The director returns to his roots in hopes of creating a film that isn’t awful.

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Speak No Evil
Director: James Watkins
Stars: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairyv A family is invited to spend a weekend in an idyllic country house, unaware that their dream vacation will soon become a psychological nightmare.
Speaking of evil…wait, I’m not supposed to speak it! And if this movie sucks, I might wish I’d watched no evil as well.

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Transformers One
Director: Josh Cooley
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson
The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.
Michael Bay is not directing, so let’s see if they can keep it under four hours.

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Megalopolis
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel
An architect wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating disaster. 

After the fake quote fiasco, I’m not sure I’m trusting the reviews, either.

What writing rule messed you up? Picking up Holly’s book? Any movie catch your interest this month?
I’ll be offline some of the second half of September but right back here for the October 2 posting for IWSG.