Welcome to my series on Pixar’s now-famous 22 Rules of Storytelling. I don’t religiously follow all of these like they’re story commandments, but I do happen to agree with many of them. I thought it might be fun to examine why and explain what each means to me. You can start at the beginning here. […]
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Welcome to my series on Pixar’s now-famous 22 Rules of Storytelling. I don’t religiously follow all of these like they’re story commandments, but I do happen to agree with many of them. I thought it might be fun to examine why and explain what each means to me. You can start at the beginning here. […]
Welcome to my series on Pixar’s now-famous 22 Rules of Storytelling. I don’t religiously follow all of these like they’re story commandments, but I do happen to agree with many of them. I thought it might be fun to examine why and explain what each means to me. You can start at the beginning here. […]
Welcome to my series on Pixar’s now-famous 22 Rules of Storytelling. I don’t religiously follow all of these like they’re story commandments, but I do happen to agree with many of them. I thought it might be fun to examine why and explain what each means to me. You can start at the beginning here. […]
Welcome to my series on Pixar’s now-famous 22 Rules of Storytelling. I don’t religiously follow all of these like they’re story commandments, but I do happen to agree with many of them. I thought it might be fun to examine why and explain what each means to me. You can start at the beginning here. […]
Welcome to my series on Pixar’s now-famous 22 Rules of Storytelling. I don’t religiously follow all of these like they’re story commandments, but I do happen to agree with many of them. I thought it might be fun to examine why and explain what each means to me. You can start at the beginning here. […]
This is the start of my series on Pixar’s now-famous 22 Rules of Storytelling. I don’t religiously follow all of these like they’re story commandments, but I do happen to agree with many of them. I thought it might be fun to examine why and explain what each means to me. This axiom is so […]
There’s no doubt that vampires have been the kings of the supernatural pop-fiction world almost since Nosferatu graced the silver screen. Frankenstein’s monster, wolfmen, creatures from lagoons that are black- there have been many contenders for your supernatural fancy. Zombies are making a huge resurgence. As a genre they may even be fighting for the […]
Everyone’s heard the saying, “Rules are made to be broken,” yet we all desperately feed on writing tips from numerous blogs. And here I am, a novelist, and I’m writing about writing too. Well, worry not. I’ll be the first to tell you that you can do whatever you want. I mean, use a period […]
After working with my editor and completing my novel, I have a confession to make: I hate em-dashes. Don’t mistake me- I am a fan of the grammatical device a dash provides; I simply dislike their contemporary execution. Em-dashes are supposed to signal an interruption in a sentence but they are way too wide and […]
