Lately I’ve been thinking about failure and the fear of failure, so naturally I turned to Seth Godin and read--or reread--some of what ...

I’m going to interrupt my series on the structure of a short story to talk about something we all love to hate: writing a blurb. There...

Last time I broke the structure of short stories into six discrete parts:  1. Setup 2. First Complication 3. New Plan 4. Maj...

Let’s talk about story structure.  When I read a story or watch a film I always try to identify where I am in the story’s structure...

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. ...

I’m always looking for new ways to include conflict in a story. As you know, a basic theme of any story is the conflict that exi...

I need to write every single day. Everyone's different, I know that. What works for others doesn't always work for me and w...

handmade books 36-38 by darkest-red , on DeviantART . Today, rather than talk about how to write a book, I want to talk about how to b...

Today I want to talk about flash fiction and why I think writers, especially beginning writers, should think about writing more of it. ...