We writers, as we work our way deeper into our craft, learn to drop more and more personal clues. Like … More
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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Want to Write a Thriller?
The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end. … More
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Characters are All Around Us
Those 4 guys in the late 60’s who attacked a jewel merchant on New York’s West 46th St. on the … More
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Create Great Characters
My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don’t populate them … More
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Listen to Your Voice
The less attention I pay to what people want and the more attention I pay to just writing the book … More
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ A Writer’s Mindset
Depending on what I’m working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. When I change form … More
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Read, Read, and Read Some More
“My first rule was given to me by TH White, author of The Sword in the Stone and other Arthurian … More
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Listen To Your Heart
One day a long time from now you’ll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to … More
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ 4 Premises of Good Writing
Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity. ~ William Zinsser
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Start
As Kandinsky says, “Everything starts with a dot.” Sometimes the hardest thing in writing a story is where to start. … More