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Another (Quick) Lesson in Storytelling

Let me take a moment to give you a very clear, very simple example of not only good writing, but good storytelling. The first time I watched the Pixar movie Coco, there was a point during Miguel’s opening narration where I cringed a little. It was the moment when he tells the audience his favorite…

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Frankenstein

A classic tale of Gothic horror that–surprisingly (at least, to those of us who grew up with the big green, grunting guy with metal bolts sticking out of his neck)–has a lot of heart at its core.

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Why Your Avid Reader Friends and Family Seem so Irritable

It’s a bit more complicated than simply being frustrated by an interruption. So many times in my life, this has happened to me: I’m in bed, or on the couch, or in my comfy chair, or lying in a sunbeam; my reading glasses are on, and I have a book open in my lap. And,…

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Writing Prompt

Writing Tips & Tricks

The Horror

Brief caveat to this post: I do not consider myself a horror writer. In fact, I have only ever written maybe two or three stories…

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“I have no idea what I’m supposed to do.
I only know what I can do.“

 

– Captain James T. Kirk, Star Trek: Into Darkness