Category: Qualities of Good Fiction
Remember when you were a child and you played with stuffed animals, army men, or Barbie dolls? There was one thing you always did with…
Read MoreIf your story is not compelling to the reader you should delete it and move on to one that is. Here are five questions I've…
Read MoreI am currently in a workshop with Dan Barden. Here is one thing Dan said last week: “Don't try to be a better writer than…
Read MoreAngry. Sad. Mad. Happy. Scared. Worried. These are emotional labels that beginning writers will often use to tell their reader what a character is feeling.…
Read MoreThis last Monday evening I had a great conversation with one of my colleagues, the poet Mark Lilley. Mark was gracious enough to read a…
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