I have never written a screenplay! But I would like to. So I’ve researched the topic. Here are the highlights: 1. Screenwriting is co...

Lately I’ve been especially pressed for time. I want to publish the non-fiction book I blogged during NaNoWriMo and I’d like to do this ...

I’ve never written a screenplay so I’ve decided—even though I don’t plan on branching out into screenwriting—to rewrite one of my storie...

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

A good editing program will tell you how many words your story has, how many of those words are unique, how many sentences there are,...

NanoWriMo is over! If you participated and wrote more than you would have otherwise, you’re a winner. If you ended up writing 50,000+ wo...

“ I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit...

I’ve written about the difficulty I used to have writing mystery stories, something a number of you empathized with. At the time I thoug...

Usually we just want to write the best darn story we can, one that we love and—hopefully!—others will love as well. And it's a good ...

I know I’ve touched on this in a couple of previous posts. To be honest, there’s an old story I’ve written, one I love, but I know the s...