Rings of Power: Three Hours of Setup
I don’t generally review film and TV here, but I have a problem with Amazon’s Rings of Power: Three Hours […]
Posts on plotting a story
I don’t generally review film and TV here, but I have a problem with Amazon’s Rings of Power: Three Hours […]
Posting a short story to my writers’ group this week, I’m exploring the art of the Long Con in Selling
“Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.” So said British playwright William Archer back in the Edwardian era. A definition that
Emmy-winning screenwriter, script doctor, and writing coach Glen Gers sums up twenty-five years experience with his six essential questions for
Worry not, no personal woes here; we’re plotting troubles, decisions and consequences in fiction. Another guest lecturer on Sanderson’s BYU
My writers group over on DDW’s Discourse served up a Random Nouns Writers’ Prompt entitled The Jar of Nouns.
Attention spans are getting shorter, reading choice is getting bigger; which is why writers have to include five items on
Writing across a series, rearranging the jigsaw pieces often reveals some missing; that means plugging a plot hole. Or several.
Time and again we’re told there are no new stories only new twists. So what is an aspiring author to
Think of this as a writer’s cheat sheet: the six essential elements of story. There are so many ways to