Story and Structure is a master class in how literature is structured. It is best for the academically minded. It definitely reads like a university textbook. It has a lot of interesting information buried in its over five hundred pages. I can see why it won an award for bestContinue Reading
I love the introductions written by this author for the golden age mysteries published by British Library Crime Classics, but they always leave me wanting more. This book, The Life of Crime, includes all the details and backstories I have been wanting on famous, and not so famous, mystery writers.Continue Reading
So you want to be an artist. A painter or a writer? It’s no matter. What is the matter is you have no idea how to start? Sure, it’s easy to say writers write and painters paint. But what does that really mean? What you really need to know isContinue Reading
Have you been thinking about writing a book but don’t know where to start? Are you an experienced author suffering from writer’s block? Writing prompts and cheerleading encouraging writers to write fill My Unedited Writing Year. In fact, there are 365 ideas or motivations included—one for each day of theContinue Reading
Good graphic novel about storytelling, radio and podcasting. Out on the Wire starts out interesting but then bogs down in the middle. It is based on an interesting idea: show the creative process of telling stories through non-fiction podcasts. However, I think the author loved her subject so much thatContinue Reading