In order for you as a reviewer to critique your pod mates’ writing and be genuinely helpful to them, you need to acknowledge that the purpose of your critique is to help them become better writers. Destructive criticism has no place in that goal. But neither does a whitewash job of reviewing. … Read More
As writers we keep learning new things all the time. While the adage “Write what you know” works well for us at the start of a project, what happens when we get out there on the literary minefield where we are uneasy about what comes next? What if we don’t … Read More
I am particularly excited this Christmas because my latest book—of conversations with myself (and my brother)—may come out just in time for Christmas. I joked with my daughters over Thanksgiving that I was planning to give signed copies as Christmas presents. This is especially curious because of the subject embodied … Read More
Michael Straczynski, the creator of the successful television sci-fi series Babylon 5, said he would hear his characters in his head as he worked on a script. While driving around Los Angeles, he heard arguments, complaints, discussions among his characters. The words, he claimed, were not his. He wasn’t creating … Read More