Kickstart Your Writing Career
Kickstarting Your Career This is the second of Dave’s video lecture series. Dave has helped numerous authors hit the New York Times Bestseller lists, so
Kickstarting Your Career This is the second of Dave’s video lecture series. Dave has helped numerous authors hit the New York Times Bestseller lists, so
One perennial need is for novelists to write film or gaming tie-ins. If you are a successful writer, the chances are excellent that all kinds
A quick judgment. A few years ago, I happened to meet a writer at a convention who had produced half a dozen novels. I’d seen
Recently I interviewed Kevin Beggs, Chairman of the Television Group for Lionsgate Entertainment at the Apex-Writer’s Group, who oversees production and development of all scripted
I am currently in Denver but thought I would share checklists over the next few weeks that I use to go over each and every
When you look at novels carefully, you will notice that the bestselling books of all time are usually big “doorstoppers.” In each genre, we see
When you write a story, any story, you write within the context of the whole of literature, of everything that has gone before. The choice
An even richer source for surprise than setting is your cast. You can of course use the same techniques for creating surprises in characters as you do for settings. You can for example make a character a bit strange or grotesque. In The Godfather, we are fascinated by Don Corleone because of his strange nature—he’s powerful, seemingly warm-hearted one moment and unbelievably vicious the next.
A few weeks ago, I spoke with a young man, let’s call him Zack, who was working on his 16th novel. He felt despondent. Zack
Have you ever wished that you could have a “Do Over” in life? Maybe you missed out on a nice business opportunity, or you really
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