Now-a-days, readers want excellent writing, but it needs to be straightforward. This makes it all the more important to place your metapho...

For our British readers out there, I must say that one phrase which has stuck with me during the years after my visits to London, is “Please...

Over the next few months, I’m going to tackle the heart of good fiction. Characters! Now, I know a lot of you plot-driven writers might d...

Quirky...lovable...loathable...three-dimensional...complex...dynamic. What does it take to create the kind of characters readers will rememb...

No, we're not talking about that period in elementary school when Freckle-Faced Freddy brought his ant farm and let the little buggers l...

No, I'm not giving away dynamite...That might get me arrested. But I am offering a fabulous giveaway for people who want to propel thei...

The smell of the place was a combination of old and new- of old pews, dry paper hymnals and Lysol cleaner. The flowers overflowing at the al...

Good mornin’ all. Pepper here, and I’m currently going through a great DVD series by famous scriptwriter and speaker, Michael Hauge. It...