J.M Robison,

HOW TO: Take all your characters and force them into a theoretical dance club. Make them stand so they form a circle in the middle of...

There are only 2 forces in this world: what we make happen by our own two hands (we drive the car) and the random acts we react to (we...

Us writers love to introduce beautiful characters. It’s poetic and tugs at our heartstrings when a dashing cowboy struts into the scene,...

Have a looooooooooong chapter and want to cut it but don’t know where? Cut the chapter right when you blast the reader with surprise,...

The age-old debate…to wear pants, or not to wear pants? Oh, that’s not the debate…? Maybe it’s…to outline or not to outline (but that...

I didn’t think this was an issue, but after reading so many books, both by published authors and author-hopefuls, I realize it’s not only...

What is a story rule? It is that rule which you create in your character and/or plot that is never to be broken. Example: RULE - a man...

I’m editing an old favorite story of mine – THE LOST GODS (16 years in the making. It’s gone through about 3 massive overhauls already.)...

I am a Christian, as I stated before in my sister blog post: Christianity and Literary Sex Scenes. I was raised to believe in doing what...

I shared a blog post to my Facebook writer’s group. In this blog I said, “And in all things, writing must be realistic.” A fellow writer...