I've found it helpful to write up beta scenes, mostly just conversations, until I get a firmer grasp on the personalities. These scenes have...
Although what makes each of use afraid is purely subjective, I agree with you in the sense that "serious horror" is often intended to disturb....
Doesn't lit in its original sense apply to artificial light? Therefore, I see "dimly lit" as more specific, maybe an office with little to no...
There are a few that drive me nuts. First, I don't dig "like" used in an adverbial sense, as in, "She made a fist like she was going to hit him."...
We all have opportunities to exercise our imaginations: when we're showering or eating lunch; when we're picking a weed from a garden or pushing a...
I have to give Scrivener credit for rewakening my interest in writing. It was a program that suited my spontaneous style well, as it allows the...
Pleasing oneself should factor in there somewhere shouldn't it? In order for a book or a song to be deemed worthy, doesn't it have to satisfy the...
I think a common thread among successful creative types is that they're persistent and they yearn to get better, and better, and better. Talent...
Quit, no. The word implies a permanent state. I've taken extended breaks. There was a twelve year period where I didn't write at all. This year...
They're probably not 100% effective (or consistent). But Amazon has some of the largest databases in the world. Thus it's not difficult for them...
Not true. They can and will establish connections between individuals. And when they do, they will delete reviews.
This is one of the great writing myths. If you write with verbs--which is to say you strip away as many nominalizations as possible--you will find...
I have several writer friends on the Internet, and I bounce ideas off of them. But in the real world, outside of the Internet, I don't discuss...
Separate names with a comma.