Nicholas Reicher

A Christmas Carol Pt. 4

By Charles Dickens Stave 4: The Last Of The Spirits The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. When it came, Scrooge bent down upon his…

A Christmas Carol Pt 3

By Charles Dickens Stave 3: The Second Of The Three Spirits Awaking in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore, and sitting up in…

A Christmas Carol Pt. 2

By Charles Dickens Stave 2: The First Of The Three Spirits When Scrooge awoke, it was so dark, that looking out of bed, he…

A Christmas Carol Pt. 1

By Charles Dickens Stave 1: Marley’s Ghost Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his…

The Truby Rules

“Most screenplays fail at the concept level.” This is something I’ve been seriously thinking about lately. There’s almost a mathematical precision to writing movies,…

Self Editing

Editing. The ugly word. We’d all like to think that our first draft is perfect, and that the publisher is going to instantly write…

Premium Novelist Program Is Now Free- WriteWay 1.9

Yesterday, Gizmo’s announced that the premium Novel Writing program WriteWay was now free. Apparently, the authors of the program have decided to stop development…

Essential Keys to the Writer’s Notebook

It doesn’t matter what kind of notebook you get. I like a small one (9.5X6) because that way I can carry it around with…