This series reveals what I consider to be the ESSENTIAL components of any great story. These critical elements will be familiar to you if you’ve followed my writing, teaching or… read more →
This series reveals what I consider to be the ESSENTIAL components of any great story. These critical elements will all be familiar to you if you’ve followed my writing, teaching… read more →
This series reveals what I consider to be the ESSENTIAL components of any great story. These critical elements will be familiar to you if you’ve followed my writing, teaching or… read more →
Q: After reading your “Conflict #4: The Nemesis” article and considering the “coming of age/personal development” story I’m writing, you have me wondering what you would think about the central… read more →
Here is the sixth in my series of articles on how to captivate your audiences and readers with the use of conflict, and the third in the corresponding series examining the… read more →
Here is the fifth in my series of articles on how to captivate your audiences and readers with the use of conflict, and the second in the corresponding series examining the… read more →
Q: I am finding that when I sit down each day to continue my writing, I read everything I’ve written so far in order to get back into the flow.… read more →
Depending on how you look at it, this is either the fifth in my series of articles on how to captivate your audiences and readers with the use of conflict, or… read more →
HERE’S a TV trivia question: what do “Laverne and Shirley,” “Better Call Saul” and “CSI: New York/Miami/Tacoma” all have in common? Yup. They’re SPINOFFS. Their characters or premises were first… read more →
This is the third in my series of articles on how to captivate your audiences and readers with the use of conflict – your most powerful tool for eliciting emotion… read more →
