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Did you ever stare at a blank page or screen for so long your eyes went funny? Or rewrite a sentence fifteen times and then finally delete it…
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, written by John le CarrĂ© and published in 1974, is le CarrĂ©’s masterpiece, even better than The Spy Who Came In From The Cold….
An analysis of ‘The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met’ and why Disney cartoons used to be so incredibly dark and traumatic.
How to tread the fine line between making your story dramatic and slipping into melodrama.
What a frame story is, why they’re hard to get right and how to write one that works.
633 Squadron, written by Frederick E. Smith and published in 1956, was the source novel for the classic 1963 war movie of the same name. Although it’s not…
You’ve heard about AI-generated art. Maybe you’ve even played with some of the commercially available AI art tools. But are we really artists if the AI is doing…
So, you’ve heard about writing groups? Maybe you’re even thinking of joining one. Good, because if you want to write and publish a novel, then joining a writing…
Red Sparrow released in September 2017, starring Jennifer Lawrence, and directed by Francis Lawrence, is a noirish espionage-thriller about a Russian ballerina forced to become a seductress for…
In order to understand what a deus ex machina is, first we need to go back in time. In fact, we need to go all the way to…