I like writing descriptions for my stories about as much as I like eating day old spinach. So! In the best tradition of procrastinators...

To say that C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite authors, while true, doesn't begin to cover the enormity of my debt to him. When I w...

Even if you practice the art and craft of writing for the pure fun of it, it's always nice to get paid! In light of this I thought I...

James Patterson's success is astonishing. Patterson has written, or co-written, 147 novels. Of these, 114 were New York Times Bes...

I’ve talked before (see Links , below) about how I write a critique, but I’ve never written about how I do a general review. Time to chan...

This article continues yesterday’s post on Deborah Chester’s notions of classic design . All quotations, below, are from her article Fig...

I know I said this blog post would either be about Part 7 of my series on Dan Harmon’s unique take on the structure of stories or I wou...

This article continues my series on Dan Harmon’s story model. Here’s a link to the first article: Dan Harmon On Story Structure . 6....

This article continues my series on Dan Harmon’s view of story structure. Here’s a link to the first article: Dan Harmon On Story Struct...

This article is the fifth in a series about Dan Harmon’s take on the structure of stories. If you’d like to read the earlier articles I’...

Today, I continue discussing Dan Harmon’s take on story structure. In the first post in this series (see: Dan Harmon On Story Structure ...

Yesterday a friend told me he needs to stop blogging. It was a shock, but I think it’s the right decision for him, and I strongly suspec...