You have been going to your local coffee shop like Starbucks to write. Or maybe you enjoy writing at local library. Then all of a sudden the Coronavirus hits. You are thrusted into writing in an environment you don’t want to write in. You have to write at home, which
Today, I would like to talk about how certain elements in writing can contribute to enabling a reader to show emotion in reaction to what the author has put on the page. Sometimes the author has the ability to make the reader laugh out loud due to a rather
Everyone wants to be successful in life, especially aspiring writers. Writing is a tough gig no matter how you look at it. The process is long, draining, and ultimately complex. I used to think that the toughest part of seeing the light at the end of the tunnel was completing
4: What is Creative Polish? Creative Polish is an analysis of one’s literary voice for optimization. Not for grammar as much as for poetic elevations and mythic tone. This radical method suggests that one should overwrite, to go beyond systemized reductionism in order to transcend the language of the day.
I think you would be amazed at the notion that if you create a character, in some capacity, you might begin to feel for that character. The whole concept of character development is initially intended to make the reader want to root for them in one way or another. But
H. P. Lovecraft. 1890-1937 Ask anyone who has loves a good horror story and I’ll bet he’s read something by H. P. Lovecraft. While he wasn’t the best writer of fiction, even in his time, he has become as influential as Edgar Allan Poe in the genre. Few people can
Why Monsters? For the past three years, I have been writing stories about monsters of all sorts. My take on them, I hope, is to create creatures that no one has ever seen or a twist on a familiar beastie that creates new connotations for its existence. What do you