If you’ve never used Scrivener, it has some little-known tools that are exceptionally powerful, and make planning and editing your novel much more effective. Here’s…
Writing Your Next Blockbuster Film or Novel
Writing Your Next Blockbuster Film or Novel
If you’ve never used Scrivener, it has some little-known tools that are exceptionally powerful, and make planning and editing your novel much more effective. Here’s…
Was about to write this blog article, when I picked up my cup of coffee. Photo by Ian Keefe on Unsplash Oh, no. Here we go. The…
Okay, I wrote “The Island” in one night. I literally wrote out a basic logline during a break in the day, wrote out a list…
Writing a novel (or a screenplay) is almost like learning a new language. There are things you must learn to do in most novels, such…
Bryan Collins writes in his book “The Art of Non-Fiction Book Writing” about his habit of taking a pad of A4 sized paper (he lives…
Ernie Lee stomped into the only general store on the Island, shaking off the cold October rain. “Thought the rain would hold off.” He drawled…
Let’s face it: If you don’t have conflict, you don’t have a story. Photo by Clinton Naik on Unsplash This is why every course in Screen writing you…
One of the keys to writing fiction or a good screenplay is that there’s got to be a good antagonist, or “bad guy”. Photo by Ian…
I guess I’m the wrong guy to ask, “How can I come up with ideas?” Because I’ll tell you – I don’t have any problems…
There are certain skills a writer is supposed to master. We tend to concentrate on narrative – long, flowery descriptions that form as a substitute…