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Stan Lee

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


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

knowledge

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