A reader asked: “I’ve been listening to a lot of trilogies lately (and I’m writing one!), and I’ve noticed that in a lot of trilogies
Every few months I normally have a producer or three who will call inquiring about film rights for one of my books, usually the Runelords
When a writer sits down to compose, the less stress he feels, the better. Every writer knows this. When you’re writing, you sit down and
Two weeks ago, I mentioned that I was going to write a series about how the best stories don’t just entertain readers, they also transform
Years ago while I was writing some little Star Wars books for Scholastic, my editor, David Levithan called and said that his boss loved my
I began writing this series because I talk to literally thousands of people each year who want to embark on writing a series, yet have
There is a saying among writers: “When you write a book, the first words of the novel will sell that novel, but the last words
Earlier, I talked about one attribute that the perfect story will display—honesty. You can’t layer a tale with a thin veneer of factoids and give
Among novelists, there is a saying: Don’t go to Hollywood. It seems to be something of a graveyard where authors go to die. But every
You’ve all experienced this: you went to a movie that was based on a book, and on the way out of the theater you heard the comments
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