What makes a story seem real? What gives it verisimilitude? I'm trying out a new idea or perhaps just putting a twist on an old one. I&#...

Today I discuss Jack Bickham's advice about how to transform your story ideas into a novel. All quotations are from Mr. Bickham'...

Now that I've talked a bit about genre and how important it is to know what genre, and subgenre, your book falls into, I'd lik...

This is a continuation of my series on the Starburst Method: - T he Starburst Method: What It Is And What It Can Do - The Starburst M...

First of all, I'd like to thank all the folks who contacted me with feedback about my last Starburst Method post:  The Starburst Meth...

Think of what a story would be without structure. Many of us don't have to imagine it, we have those stories buried under our beds! ...