To outline or not to outline. There are few questions more contentious in the writing world -- and writers (God bless us!) can be a rath...

Today I continue my series on the structure of short stories. Short stories are a terrific way to learn the craft of writing: ...

Today I'd like to talk about outlining.  Outlining doesn't have to be mechanical. From several discussions I've had...

The other day I wrote about James Patterson (see: 7 Tips From James Patterson For Writing Suspenseful Prose ). I learned a lot about th...

The other day someone wrote to me and complemented me on my blog--which was very nice and made me blush--and then wrote something to the e...

A few days ago I wrote a post about how to use MS Excel to outline a novel. That post grew out of my own need for a visual structure, a w...

We're smack in the middle of NaNoWriMo and, I hope you're faring better, but my novel has grown a mite cluttered. I did have an...

" Stairwell, Annecy " by Alex Brown under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license . A couple of days ago a friend menti...

This post is a continuation of Orson Scott Card & The MICE Quotient: How To Structure Your Story where I explain what Orson Scott Ca...

Writing Resources I thought I'd try something different and share a few links. Originally I was going to share 5 or 6 but I kept fi...