Dross and Hero Stuff
Can we be brutally honest? As a writer, you simply cannot be a nice person – […]
To Wiki or Not To Wiki
So before I started teaching writing, I was a Youth librarian. And as everybody says, you […]
The Power of What If
When I do my prewriting classes, I always start with a session on idea generation. Sometimes […]
Oooh, look! A Mirror!
So this may get a little introspective, but I was thinking a bit today about self-awareness […]
How Altering a Character Leads to Different Character Interactions
You have to be careful when giving a character a super-steep arc. I learned that the […]
Vacations and the Writing Process
Just got back from ten days in California, plus a follow-up beach weekend – all (as […]