The first quarter of the book (the first act) is the place to compile all the necessary components of your story.

Readers aren’t about to surrender themselves to the lure of your story unless you’ve presented them with an irresistible hook.

Over the next few months, we’ll be exploring the mysteries, the fallacies, and the opportunities of structure.

To help us keep our sights set high, we need to declare ourselves to ourselves, as well as the rest of the world.

Let’s look at some of the most commonly confused and misused punctuation marks.

How is it our settings can just arbitrarily vanish from our scenes?

Good manners says overlooking the occasional and inevitable little boo-boo is the better part of courtesy.

Three’s a crowd – especially when authors have to juggle three or more characters in a single scene.

Today I’d like to share some of the major catalytic moments in my writing journey.