Three Ways to Begin Your Story: 2. Index Cards
by Lisanne Harrington As I told y’all last time, I come from a family of writers. Mom writes middle-grade historical fiction and my oldest daughter writes for TV. I write Continue reading
Category: Craft
Begin by Training Your Subconscious
by Matthew J. Pallamary Foreword from the Author A shaman’s path is one of deep self-examination. For writers, the act of writing is also a process of self-examination. Writers constantly Continue reading
Three Ways to Begin Your Story: 1. The Mind Map
by Lisanne Harrington I come from a family of writers. My mom writes middle-grade historical fiction and my oldest daughter went to film school and is working on two TV Continue reading
Only the Beginning: Crafting Memorable Opening Lines
by Jeffrey J. Michaels Let us talk of opening lines. Where to start…Every writers conference and instructional course will emphasize the import, the absolutely vital, pivotal necessity of the first Continue reading
Green vs. Blue
by J.C. De Ladurantey How Green is Green, and How Uniform is Uniform? Have you noticed a variety of colors of uniforms on the men and women in law enforcement Continue reading
Coroner’s Determinations: Part 3, Time of Death (cont.)
This final peek inside the coroner’s van reads a little like an episode from The Walking Dead. In it, Dr. Lyle discusses putrification, greenish discolorations, protruding tongues and all kinds Continue reading
I Love to Plot, Part 2 – The Promise
by Michelle Knowlden Philip Henslowe: Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. Hugh Continue reading
Coroner’s Determinations: Part 2, Time of Death
If you don’t want your corpus delicti becoming a corpus deteriorate and going green on you before the coroner finds the clues your hero needs to solve the crime, you’d Continue reading
Coroner’s Determinations: Part 1, Cause and Manner of Death
If you get green around the gills just thinking about writing a crime scene, D.P. Lyle’s articles this month are just what the doctor ordered. Not only is D.P. a Continue reading
I Love to Plot: Part 1 – The Premise
by Michelle Knowlden My job is to help you fall in love. ~ Science Fiction Author Ray Bradbury’s 1995 Speech at Brown University. I love to plot. Plotting makes writing Continue reading