I am very pleased to post this essay by my friend Lucia Orth, author of the 2008 critically-acclaimed Baby Jesus Pawn Shop: I came across some old notes in the past few weeks from an interview and the follow-up research I did while working on the early stages of my… Read more“Deadheart: Making Use of Discovery in Writing”
Category: Character
Aspects of character that you mold and manipulate in the telling of stories.
Pulp Rag: Creating the internal conflict in character
“You are the most assertively confused individual I have ever seen in my life.” —Adrienne Uphoff to her husband Jeff, personal conversation Character. It’s the only reason anybody ever writes anything. . . Read the full essay on Pulp Rag.
Upcoming guest post on Nathan Bransford's blog
I just learned my article “Everything You Need to Know About Writing a Novel, in 1,000 Words” will be one of the guest posts on Nathan Bransford’s blog this coming week, while he’s out doing good in the world. Yes, I’m pretty happy about it. I do want to thank… Read more“Upcoming guest post on Nathan Bransford's blog”