My favorite kid joke. Knock, knock. Who’s there? Interrupting Cow. Interrupting cow- Moo! Youngins love it, but past 12 and you’ll get nothing...
No. That one was an experiment, and I’ve done nothing with it since. The short title was Benediction. I think it was Iron Pen 14 or 15. Can’t...
Yours. Iron Pen, I believe it was called.
Thank you, Thinker. It goes well. I’ll be wrapping up the 3rd rewrite by the end of the year. Then one more minor polish before I send it out for...
His point is simply that there’s always more story to tell. Plot is another matter.
Not at all. It’s just one possible piece of it & the most common with beginning writers. To be clear, I’m talking about prose where it’s...
I think this is true, generally. Unless, of course, your issue is too much telling & not enough showing. In that case, looking for -ly words and...
“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.” - Frank Herbert I’ve never understood how other writers can look at a...
Every type of word has its place & uses. Sometimes an adverb is the perfect choice, but they can also be a crutch for weak writing. It’s the old...
I typically do a hybrid approach. Half pantser. Half outliner. This is true of longer works, novellas and novel-sized, but not for shorts...
Always good to hear of success!
Not all MCs change. Some stay constant as the world changes around them.
The only golden, unbreakable rule of fiction writing that I'm aware of is that whatever you're writing must be interesting. Even that is...
It thought it was good, not great. (Logan, in my opinion, is a great superhero film.) Still, Black Panther is good. My kids loved it. There’s...
I think it depends on the type of story you wish to tell. In my opinion, some of the greatest stories have no bad guy at all, but good versus...
I love his descriptions of setting. McCarthy is also great at pulling you in slowly and making you care about that characters.
I've learned a lot as a writer by reading widely, across genres. Currently, I'm reading Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses. Its a period...
I'd like to emphasize something Corwynn just posted.... I have two groups of critique partners, one online and one live. The online group is...
I'm a bit surprised to read this because I've read some of your work before and it shows promise. Even so, I'm going to give you some hard truths....
The choreographies in your fights work fine, but there’s no feeling, no emotion to any of them. As a reader, I want more than a knowledge of what...
