Are Your Characters Too Perfect?
Are your characters ever wrong? Everyone says you need conflict to move and engage the reader. Most of us create conflict through a bad guy or a bad situation. But if you really want… Read More>>
Less Can Be Better
Leonard Elmore was first known as a pulp western writer, but books and movies followed. (Hombre, Joe Kidd) He followed Hollywood when they abandoned westerns for crime fiction. You probably know Get Shorty, and Mr.… Read More>>
Having a Wary, Chary Christmas?
That’s only part of the quote. Here’s the rest. It applies to today’s Covid-infected, government closed up, “woke” world. “…And then, just when everything is bearing down on us to such an extent that we… Read More>>
Watching by Night
I have suggested there are stories in the sidelines of history. Here’s one of mine. Watching by Night By Rick Taylor “Wake up, Marius! You are the soundest sleeper in the Legion! Look! Come… Read More>>
Watching by Night
I have suggested there are stories in the sidelines of history. Here’s one of mine. Watching by Night By Rick Taylor “Wake up, Marius! You are the soundest sleeper in the Legion! Look! Come… Read More>>
A Farmer Went Out To Sow
We are taught that we are to sow the seed of God, but the harvest is His responsibility. You may think your story will never do a thing for God but that is not YOUR… Read More>>
The Key To The Sale
Story is the key. Jesus taught in parables. Aesop taught in fables. Many pastors start off with a story. Politicians try to justify their policies by telling a story that usually starts with, “I met… Read More>>
Half Your Job
In the Army I once had a boss who said, “Do not come into my office with problems, come in with solutions.” I learned to bring him several so he had choices. That’s half of… Read More>>
Color Me Purple
Back in the 60’s one of my journalism professors asked, “When is it appropriate to mention the race of a person involved in a story?” Hmmm… Traffic accident? No. School board protest? No…unless it is… Read More>>
Describing the Devine
Here are Calrol Lombard and Ingrid Bergman, both pretty hot stuff in their day. A police radio description of them might sound the same. How would you describe them so the cops wouldn’t arrest the… Read More>>
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