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Picking a perspective is like choosing your weapon before a gladiator match; it limits and defines your style of approach....
Given our lack of omniscience in the land of the living, writing can offer us a liberating chance to experience...
Theme is a way of making a series of events which are personal to the protagonist universally relatable to a...
Rising action refers to the series of events that lead from a story’s inciting incident to the climax. In this...
With storytelling, if your reader isn’t engaged within the first few chapters, you run the risk of losing their attention....
What happens after a story’s climactic moment? What comes after the protagonist wins the girl, or defeats the bully, or...
What does it mean to trust yourself? It sounds like a good idea, but it is often a counter-intuitive process....
Here’s some advice for first time writers on setting a daily word count. Consistency is the key. Set a writing...
For years, my students had been asking me when I was going to take them on a retreat. Frankly,...
For all you writers struggling somewhere in the middle of your manuscript, here are five tips to get you to...
In 2017, Gustavo Dudamel became the youngest conductor of a major orchestra of his time. I remember an L.A. Times...
Every writer has their own way of working, a process that has to be developed and honed over many years....
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What does it mean to trust yourself? It sounds like a good idea, but it is often a counter-intuitive process....
Sometimes the deeper we get into our story, the more we seek distraction. The internet will suck the life out...
Many authors share a similar fear: “What will people think?” It looks slightly different for each writer. What will my...
“The outline is 95% of the book. Then I sit down to write, and that’s the easy part.” – Jefferey...
For years, my students had been asking me when I was going to take them on a retreat. Frankly,...
Einstein says, “You cannot solve a problem at the same level of consciousness that created the problem.” Writers often get...
One thing readers hate are coincidences. Sure, coincidences occur in our lives every day, but in a story, they are...
“In order to share one’s true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool.” – Criss Jami Writing...
Do you often find it hard to stick to your writing plan? How often do “important tasks” distract you and...
For all you writers struggling somewhere in the middle of your manuscript, here are five tips to get you to...
Here’s some advice for first time writers on setting a daily word count. Consistency is the key. Set a writing...
In 2017, Gustavo Dudamel became the youngest conductor of a major orchestra of his time. I remember an L.A. Times...
