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Helping A Former Student
I find myself in a rut these days. It could be any number of things–the fact that I hate my job, the fact that I’m perpetually tired, just regular life getting in the way. I know what I want to...
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Becoming a Storyteller: Plotter vs Pantser, or, Did Stephen King really just...
Stephen King, in his seminal work On Writing, says the following about Plotting: “Plot is, I think, the good writer’s last resort, and the dullard’s first choice.” Cover of On Writing: A Memoir of the...
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Becoming a Storyteller: Building Initial Ideas, or, Get Thee to a Nunnery!
I’m one of Those people. Yep. I’m the guy that’ll open a blast email from, say, Writer’s Digest, and buy something they’re advertising–thus ensuring another blast will clutter any number of inboxes....
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Becoming a Storyteller: High concept, or, Wait–what?
Leafing through the 2013 Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market, you might come across an odd term: “High-Concept“. If you’re at a similar place in your journey to become a storyteller, you might be...
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The Slippery Slope of Exposition
Stories are a trip. And like all good trips, it’s about the journey, not necessarily about the destination. As writers, it’s our job to make the journey as engaging and entertaining as possible. One...
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Verb Pickin’: Showing, Not Telling
OURHOUSE 4019 by Visual Verbs (Photo credit: VISUAL.VERBS) I remember many of the writing teachers I’ve studied under promoting the virtues of “showing” and not “telling”. But what does that mean? They...
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What is a Scene?
Narrative is the telling of a story, the events and consequences for the characters. Scenes are those passages in a narrative when we, as writers and readers, slow down and focus on an important event...
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