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For Stan Lee

“Stan Lee.” Two words

“Stan Lee.” Two words I thought I’d always be happy to see… until I saw them on the LA Times quick links section, where too many people onl


How to be a Writer (a modest theory)

Do I really want to be a

Do I really want to be a writer? (The Unified Writing Field Theory — searchings and findings on what makes storie


How All Writing is Suspense

Why is my writing all abo

Why is my writing all about suspense? I think a better question is, is there any story that isn’t really about building uncertaint

gaming

Ten Writing Tricks from Gaming

The following are tricks

The following are tricks I've learned from role-playing games, board games, and other gaming fun, that help me remember what works in writing.

OR

Plot and the Power of OR

“Depth” is a

"Depth" is a word people have used different ways about fiction, sometimes not being that clear what they mean--just some sense that a character winds

plotting

Plotting – Divide the Plan by Two

For some of us, writing i

For some of us, writing is a constant study in planning, in looking far down the road of a half-formed story arc or into a set of possibilities and de

bridge

What I learned from a Sex Scene – Beyond Any Story’s Details

The most useful writing i

The most useful writing insight that I ever picked up from the old "Should you write a sex scene?" question has little to do with steaminess. (Yes, th