I'm finally about to finish this chapter! It took entirely too long to finish. I've mentioned it before but I'll remind everyone that this d

Walter Jon Williams was born on October 15, 1953, in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. He wrote novels of several genres, mainly science fiction and fantasy. His most...

So Basic A Premise… In the comments on last night’s post, the rant that Harlan did about paying the writers was posted. I guess it is on YouTube and is part of the movie about him. What that Hollywood...

Plot means a lot of different things to different people. Some describe it as a sequence of events. Others say it’s what happens to the story’s characters. A few says it’s how the story’s events mo…

Among the most common mistakes I see when editing novice writers’ manuscripts is the use of redundant words. A redundancy exists when the modifying words aren’t needed because they say exactly…

• How to choose a setting for your story As a plot develops, you’ll often need to change locations and times in a story. Your characters may be on a journey to some destination or th…