What I’ve Learned After Publishing My First Book
When I first dreamed of being a published author as a little kid, there wasn’t much to the vision I had other than walking into a bookstore one day and...
Alex Hannaford: On Being Annoyingly Persistent
Born in London, Alex Hannaford cut his teeth in journalism on the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong and newspapers on the south coast of England before...
How to Draw Inspiration From Myths and Legends
The first expensive book I can remember owning was a collection of world mythology. The pages were glossy, weighty, and every page had an elaborate...
8 Tips for Writing Modern Day Detective Fiction
Despite rumors to the contrary, detective fiction is alive and well. In a world that often seems out of control, people seek order wherever it may be...
PROTOPIA: A New Horizon for Screenwriters (From Script)
In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, learn about the new horizon of Protopian storytelling and the roles writers have in shaping our...
Stacy Sivinski: Make the Ritual of Writing As Cozy as Possible
Stacy Sivinski was raised in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia and now is a writing and literature professor in the Midwest. She holds a PhD in English...
The Third Plot Point (Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 10 of 12)
The Third Act begins with another life-changing plot point. More than any preceding it, this plot point sets the protagonist’s feet on the path toward the...
‘Ideologic Dogma’ and other poems
By: Bruce Levine Ideologic Dogma Ideologic dogmaTyped into a teleprompterRegurgitated by pundits Woven into conversations Taken as gospel...
