Book doctors are wonderful. A book doctor is someone who isn’t your husband/wife/parent/friend, someone who can be objective toward your...

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In the next few weeks and months, in addition to looking at the abstract principles of writing I want to spend time examining actual wr...

As many of you know, I’m reading Robert McKee’s, Story . It seems like each page— certainly each chapter — he looks at an old concept i...

Have you ever written a boring scene? Of course! We all have. It’s called a first draft. Today, though, I’m talking about scenes that ha...

Today I want to take a look at Michael Bay's movie The Rock and examine how Bay uses conflict to keep our eyes on the screen. ...

Sometimes I make the most wonderful discoveries. Case in point, two days ago, as I wove my way through the jungle of the Internet I ca...

Writing Success Kristen Lamb writes the best posts! I love her writing style; it feels as though just the two of us are sitting togethe...