Month: April 2018

It really only takes a month of doing something to make it a personal habit. I’ve heard 21 days. Recently I’ve read 28 days. The…

Recently, I did one of my periodic searches around the internet for other writing software. There’s a lot out there, and some of it is…

At some point, we’ve got to take a class or read a book on grammar. The famous samurai Miyamoto Musashi once wrote that every Samurai…

We want to read good novels. And it’s amazing how you can really learn so much about writing. I think the essence of it is…

There’s a phase in the story development cycle where you are absolutely wracking your brains to come up with fifteen little plot points, and you…

After I wrote my guide to fight scenes, suddenly a lot of authors are writing their own guide to fight scenes. I resolved years ago…

When getting your protagonist to a dojo, the first thing you do is bow in as you enter the dojo. Then depending on custom, you…

Let’s look at techniques, and then Thursday I’ll give you blow by blow of techniques. Karate teaches you to chamber or “Yoi” techniques before you…

One of the big disappointments to people who’ve trained and dedicated their lives to martial arts is to read books that get Karate completely  wrong.…

This is an add on to my writer’s guide for fight scenes. I decided to do Karate separately, because there’s HUGE misunderstandings about Karate –…