Daily Writing Challenge
Write a scene comprised only of dialog between two characters. Us dialog tags as sparingly as possible. Make each character uniques as possible by the words they use.…
On Remaining Humble During Success
For those of you who may not heard, I'm up on Kindle. Well, at least a story that I co-wrote with my friend Steve Moore is. It's been on Amazon for about a week. Knight of the Living Dead (3 Strange Knights) I also recently received…
More on Storytelling in the Modern World
It amazes me how often people give us information about themselves we'd rather not have, or about other people that they really have no business giving us. Again I'd like to delve into storytelling as communication and communication as storytelling, but this time around, let'…
Fiction That Changed Me.
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Daily Writing Challenge
Write a scene in which the narrator switches from speaking from a limited point-of-view to a PoV that moves more distant, speaking for a group or perhaps becoming omniscient. Strive to earn this transition through the natural flow of prose.…
Daily Writing Challenge
Write a scene with a character in a tense situation, and have the character do something drastic that heightens the tension, resolves the conflict, and also reveals something about that character's inner nature.…
Advice to Young and Hungry Writers
I'm right there with you. Okay, so maybe not so young anymore, but still definitely hungry and getting hungrier all the time. I've been wanting to be a professional fiction writer for the better part of thirty years. Not knowing anyhting about intellectual property laws, I…
Books and Writers Who Have Influenced Me Over the Years.
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Writing Challenge
Write a scene in which a minor/secondary character draws attention to and emphasizes the true nature of a main/major character.…
On Storytelling in the Modern World.
Less than five minutes ago, I was working on finishing up this blog post when I miss-clicked, selected all, typed the word "when," and erased the entire thing. The page autosaved, and then wouldn't let me undo. Crap. And, again, crap. I'd started on…
