Leigh Stein: How to Read Your Work Aloud
Today is August 9, 2012, and so far this year I have done 37 public readings, in 14 cities around the country. Giving public readings is...
Todd Fredson: Caesuras and White Space: Room for the Reader
“[F]or I was not aware of the importance of health, I mean the absolute necessity of having a healthy body to avoid disaster in the...
W. Todd Kaneko: The Things You Do--Character Codes of Conduct in Fiction
An audience needs to be able to understand and sympathize with the characters they meet in stories. As such, characters often adhere to a...
Eric Sasson: Say What You Need To, And No More
Say What You Need To, And No More Eric Sasson Very often new (and sometimes not-so-new) writers forget how important it is to create the...
Craft Talk by Ken Gordon
Why I Didn't Write Ken Gordon For a long time I was on the lam. My crime? Well, not to frustrate your gun lust, to deprive you of your...