The last step for any architectural writer is to begin to put even more meat into each scene. Like a painting, the scenes will be built...

Most everywhere I look this quote or some variation of it is attributed to Plato or Philo or some other ancient Greek. Some sites recently attribute it to Ian Maclaren, but I don’t want to talk about the provenance of the quote, but I do want to mention its applicability. For me, the applicability will be about my writing. Every writer should have one or more writing groups. I have one, in addition to more in depth exchanged reads with beta readers. It is a place where you se

My wife and I are not at home right now. We are staying a few hundred miles away to help take care of family. Our habits are uprooted,...

To this point we have created scenes, characters, plots, outlines, and flow for our tale. The time has come to start adding the details....

Nothing I say in this post is new. Nothing I manage to find as wisdom hasn’t been learned by millions of men and women who have come...

A reader DM’ed me and said “a linear order is not as important to me as a 'meaningful order.'" My question is as follows: Since for most...

I don’t know if this is for readers, writers, motivation, and everyone in general. I have a lot to say in a short space about the word...

Before we keep going, we need to take a moment to remember where we are in the process. In the previous six sections where we learned the...

When are you reading too much junk food?  I’m not sure. I thought about it when I was looking at the stack of books I have up in queue...

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” I...

The time has come to kill your precious work. You have spent this time generating ideas for a world you want to write in. You have...

A little while back we reviewed the reading algorithms doom loop. If you haven’t seen it take a look here or some context. I wanted to...

The Fall has come and gone. Civilization's great cities like crumbling citadels have begun leaning toward decay inevitable wherever such...

Theme or first cuts? I debated which order is considered “correct,” to talk about these in if we are trying to be formulaic. Theme, or...

Today is a reminder to the writers among us, why you should read. This is not really a question. I know every writer knows they should...

What was it that you wanted to get done? Why isn't it done? Was whatever you did instead more important? Are you happy it isn't done? Is...

This is not about what you think it is about. Probably. Hang with me for a moment and read something below. “The children now love...

Defined simply by Webster as “the plan or main story,” we will discuss today, plots and subplots. First let’s retread some ground that we...

Book review time… Project Hail Mary I have had Project Hail Mary sitting in my to read list for four to six months. As with all books I...

The time of year has come back around for us to once again lie to ourselves about things we will do next year, or who we will be one year...