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...

“ Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts .” —Larry L. King, WD Today I’d like to talk about sel...

“ What the creator of character needs is not so much knowledge of motives as keen sensibility; the dramatist need not understand people...

NaNoWriMo is coming to an end. We can see the finish line. If you're making your word count goal, awesome! Go you!! If you haven...

“ Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old-fashioned virtues of hard, consta...

Ever had a day where it feels like you need to do twelve zillion things? That’s the way I’ve felt for the past few days and, as a result...

Okay! It has taken me an exorbitant amount of time to write the following 1,200 words, but I did have to do some research—which I loved ...

As you probably know, I’ve been blogging about story structure more-or-less every day this month. My goal was to isolate around 30 key s...

“ Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way ...