Jan 13, 2014What are you talking about?Theme is a loaded word. In fiction, it aroused the suspicion that we’re preaching about something. Can’t we just give the story a...
Jan 23, 2013The Hidden ThemeTheme is a loaded word. It conjures up middle school English classes where you have to cough up what the writer was trying to say in...
Dec 10, 2011What is the job of a storyteller?This week I’m so pleased to have a guest blog from Brian McDonald. You can hear more from Brian at his blog and website. Brian McDonald...
Jul 12, 2011Sometimes a great nudgeI was listening to Bob Mayer give a workshop on writing the novel and I heard the voice of God. Now, I like Bob Mayer very much, but it...