Writing Dramatic Benefit of Horror 15 Sep 20203 Aug 2021 Writing, for me, is about healing and reconciliation. I do not mean that this is how I read all writing, but my interest in composing fiction is to that end.…
Writing Why I’ll Never Be an Author 25 Aug 20203 Aug 2021 Tell her to make it short and spicy. And if the main character is a girl, make sure she's married by the end. Or dead, either way. - Mr. Dashwood,…
Writing A Teddy Obsession (A Sort of Gerwig’s Little Women Review) 11 Aug 20203 Aug 2021 When I finally got around to reading Little Women in college, it immediately became one of my favourite stories. Jo and Meg charmed me (admittedly, I found Amy annoying on…
Writing How I Became a Writer (Again) 28 Jan 20203 Aug 2021 For years I thought of myself as a writer. Nearly two decades now. One could blame the encouragement of my teachers. While I performed well in school overall and prided…
Writing How Do I Start Writing? 26 Jan 20203 Aug 2021 The following is personal advice mixed with a heavy dose of professional advice from Lajos Egri (The Art of Dramatic Writing) and Stephen King (On Writing). As an active member…
Writing Three (Friendly) Complaints from a Fiction Writer to Readers 25 Jan 20203 Aug 2021 tl;dr version: fiction and non-fiction are two separate things. I think often of this line attribute to Mark Twain: The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs…
Writing 101 Films That Influenced Me As a Writer 3 Dec 20193 Aug 2021 Some movies capture the imagination (sorry, no Star Wars on the list) and some entertain (no Disney either, even though I adore their films). The post today is not about…
Writing I Am a Terrible Author (But a Strong Writer) 3 Jul 20193 Aug 2021 Nearly 15 years ago, I began writing a novel. Well, a series of novels...well, maybe a trilogy or just one long novel - perhaps broken into two parts. Oh, or…
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