Category: Technicalities

  • Adapted for the Stage

    I have a theatre background, stretching across my first three decades—high school, college, and civic. This was acting and directing, but over the last year…

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  • I Read the Novel (on Audible)

    More readers are debating the question. World Magazine is one of the latest to publish an article on the topic. The boom in audio publishing…

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  • C. S. Lewis’ Advice to Young Writers #8

    In 1959, at the suggestion of her teacher, an American schoolgirl wrote C. S. Lewis a letter requesting advice on writing. Lewis replied, “It is…

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  • The Long and the Short of It

    Most readers believe writing a collection of short stories is easier than writing a novel. They surmise fewer words represent reduced complexity. With this initial…

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  • From Telling to Showing

    Writers of fiction are consistently told, and rightfully so, to “show, don’t tell.” In other words, a reader wants to see the story unspool, not…

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