Is writing an art or a business? Maybe you have an immediate reaction to this question.  If forced to choose . . . oh, but we’re not,...

I’m tilting at windmills here. I’m against chapters. I know you love ’em. Thus the tilting. Eventually we’ve got to make up tidy little...

I read the other day that comic books may someday outsell traditional stories. I got worried. Man, I can’t draw! (Comic books are no...

Think of your favorite characters from recent books and film. Were they self-effacing and dependable? Did they wear beige and hate to...

I’m going to tell you something that you don’t want to hear. I know you don’t because I don’t want to hear it either. But here goes. Stop...

There are many doors into a story. I’ve heard writers say they start with character or an image from the plot. Both are great jumping off...