Reading&Writing
I envision this Second Novella as following the narrative style of the travel-writing genre but that includes a threat/crime. In the foreground, my narrator will describe his and his wife’s experiences. In the background, I’d like to present a crime-story drama about the dangers of lawlessness on a cruise ship.
If you write Fiction, sooner or later you’ll need a villain. Call him an Antagonist or just a bad guy, and they need to be well-composed. Let’s face it, the goons that invaded Nakatomi Plaza would have lasted an hour at most of it wasn’t for Hans Gruber leading them.
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
Photo by Jessica Gale at Morgue File Writing is a very personal thing. Too many people look at it as a job or a chore. One of my maxims, Number Seven, would be enough to stop some people dead in their tracks. “Write every day? C’mon, man, can’t I write
How can I articulate my creative vision -clearly -in an engaging manner and -still have time left over to live? Sisyphus overcoming MISSION STATEMENT I have been blogging for over a week now, and it just dawned on me that I have not really specified the goal of this
Joe’s Writers Club’s Paragraphic Rift is a blog devoted to the improvement of one’s literary voice and overall creative power. We take you from inspiration to a creative obsession, and from your own personal creative obsession into the creative obsessions of others. Once you have the networking of minds, brainstorming,
by Katie Downey One’s bookshelf is a somewhat sacred possession. Magic can be found in the experience, from its design to its contents. I have had many bookshelves, some long gone in memories past and some still hanging onto reality. I traveled and moved so frequently, even as a child,