Lessons Character Wrinkles 15 Jul 201918 Nov 2021 At the end of my last story I teased the fact that I used a character's name to imbue the story with an extra dose of personality. What I meant…
Lessons Principle and Example 8 Jul 201918 Nov 2021 Repeated Tales) In old France a beautiful woman named Belle is shocked by the hideous exterior of a cruel Beast. Fate intervenes to keep the two in close proximity, and…
Lessons An Honest Critique 1 Jul 201918 Nov 2021 On Thursday I posted the second half of my story Harold and Caroline, and then promptly admitted that I had some problems with it. To be clear, there are things…
Lessons Distracting Goodness 24 Jun 201918 Nov 2021 Do you like to watch the deleted scenes from movies? It's always been by my favorite sort of Special Feature to check for with a new film. It's a fun…
Lessons Black and White 17 Jun 201918 Nov 2021 On Thursday I wrote a story from the point of view of a plant, one that was being eaten by an animal. As one might expect, that animal was viewed…
Lessons A Story for Every Day 10 Jun 201917 Nov 2021 I once had the privilege of knowing an artist. Sculpture was his primary expertise, though he made wonderful drawing and paintings as well. He took me to an art gallery…
Lessons The Writing Game 3 Jun 201917 Nov 2021 This Thursday I'll be posting the final section of The Storm. Every new story is different and provides its own unique challenges, but I have found that this one has…
Lessons The Chase 27 May 201917 Nov 2021 I remember the first story I read that didn't have a proper ending. It was one of the many tales in One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights). In this…
Lessons Time-Shifts 20 May 201917 Nov 2021 Time is an interesting thing in stories. Where in life we are constrained to move only in one direction and at a constant rate, stories give us a higher level…
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