We’re all a mish-mash of experiences and talents. The system for finding writers rather like the brute force approach taken by Bosch (of the Haber-Bosch
Category: plotting
Story from the Start: Getting to the Peak
So, we are drawing close to the final confrontation between the forces of Good and Evil, or perhaps in this case, less bad and really
Execution: Violence in Action and Writing
Violence, and violent action, can be difficult to portray. Yet the ability to do so is a necessary part of the fiction writer’s repertoire. Violence
Story From The Start 4: Conflicts and Antagonists
All stories have a conflict in them. Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs Himself . . . there are lots of possibilities. Some
Feeding the Grinder
I’ve thought, more than once, about story ideation as feeding the sausage grinder. I’ve made sausage many times over the years. I can remember making
Story from the Start – 2: Digging In
So, on with our stories. Story 1. “Magic in the Darkness.” When we left Imre and Csilla, we had established a broad setting (Budapest, modern
