Lessons Setting the Mood 22 Apr 201916 Nov 2021 What is Mood?) Every story has a mood, just some of them are intentional. Mood is something that is a difficult to pin down directly, because it always hangs in…
Short Stories Network Down: Part Two 18 Apr 201916 Nov 2021 "Dani, are there any nearby buildings open right now?!" Checking...The Barrows Banking and Loan seems to have left its doors open. Really? Maybe the rumors about that place were true…
Lessons Lost and Found 15 Apr 201916 Nov 2021 The Catharsis of Losing and Finding) This last Thursday I suggested that loss is an integral component of most stories. It certainly has been central to each short piece that…
Short Stories Network Down: Part One 11 Apr 201916 Nov 2021 Kevyn strode down the sidewalk bearing that satisfied contentment that always came during his midday ritual. Each day around noon he made sure to get away from the office for…
Lessons It Follows 8 Apr 201916 Nov 2021 This last Thursday I made mention of a core question that drives a reader through to the end of a story. This question is universal across all mediums of story-telling,…
Short Stories Three Variations on a Theme 4 Apr 201916 Nov 2021 The Stone) I had a dream that I was an explorer in a new land, traveling with a party of adventurers, all fair-haired, young, and beautiful. We were pioneers, pilgrims,…
Lessons Myths 1 Apr 201916 Nov 2021 On Thursday I posted a short story about a Sweet Bay tree being confined within a college multi-purpose room. At its core, that story was meant as an allegory for…
Short Stories The Sweet Bay Tree 28 Mar 201916 Nov 2021 It was a bright Spring morning the day they brought the Sweet Bay tree into the open study area. It was a massive room, featuring thousands of square feet in…
Lessons How to Finish 25 Mar 201916 Nov 2021 It has been said that every story begins in media res. This means that there is always something that has occurred before the action picks up and there is always a…
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