Writing Lessons & Advice: Story Star Life Simulator
I’m a fan of simulation games. The sandbox, open-world, world-building, customizable, role-playing, and/or choice-driven elements this...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Double-Negatives
This lesson will be running shortly before my second wedding anniversary! In honor of another wonderful milestone, I’m again drawing...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Book It Turns Forty
Millennials, like me, grew up with some unique cultural experiences. While we indulged in the earliest, if not the best, years of...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Theme
Many of the necessary story elements have tangible aspects that make them easy to identify or develop. Central characters are typically...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Show-and-Tell
To the average Joe, the term show-and-tell might conjure up memories from early school days when they or classmates brought special items...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Story Titles
“What’s in a name, that which we call a rose by any other would smell as sweet?” In this well-known line from Romeo and Juliet, Juliet...
