Good stories make us think, talk, question, examine, and reexamine not because the writer wrote a glorious description of a moonlit night, but because the writer posed questions not easily answered.
Tag: creating dramatic tension
Jul 09 2019
Inner Demons: Soap Opera Drama vs. Story Drama
Oct 03 2018
The Perfect Enemy: How “Perfect” Destroys Perfectly Good Stories
Perfect is the crystal meth of the soul. We know perfect is bad for us, that we should avoid it because it is impossible to attain. Yet, when we fail to remain vigilant, perfect’s promising high lures us in. Perfect whispers in our ear that we’re in total control and can stop any time we …
Jan 24 2017
The Single Largest Problem of Most First Time Novels
All righty. So we have spent a couple of posts talking about getting our head right when it comes to doing this writing thing. Once we get our heads in the game, then the practical How To advice gets a heck of a lot more mileage. Today we are going to talk about the writing …