If you’re beginning a new story, you need to figure out three things at the start. First, where does your story start? It doesn’t start with the weather or a prologue, giving six to ten pages of back story. What is the inciting incident that …
Read MoreDialogue Tags vs Descriptive Beats
In any good ‘how to write fiction’ book you’ll find at least one chapter if not two on the use and formatting of dialogue. Since dialogue can reveal a writer’s strengths or weaknesses, crafting good dialogue can be difficult. There are many pitfalls that writers …
Read MoreAnnoying Movie Escapes
I spotted a blog entry on Nicholas Forristal website titled Car Chases in Most Movies. Nick’s point on wild impossible car chases through crowded city streets where the driver never hits anyone or smashes through lines of cars and just keep going, is well taken. I thought I’d give my …
Read MoreWatch Your Language
One of the jobs I had in my younger days was doing mobile home maintenance for Palm Harbor Homes. On a trip down to Yuma Arizona, I was traveling with Bill. The entire way to Yuma he pontificated on the deterioration of the English by …
Read MoreDomain Name Ownership
My friend Artur has been battling a problem for a client. I though I might share a word of warning for any who read this and are considering purchasing a domain name. It doesn’t matter if it’s for personal of business use, purchase the name …
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