It takes two to argue.  If one party declines to engage, the argument stops.

You can possess your readers by mastering only one technique. 

Most movies are eerily similar to other movies.  Nearly all romantic movies are the same story.

Would you want the people around you to treat you with wisdom, courage, justice, and temperance?

The idea that stories must have an exciting, action-packed beginning is false.

What do symphonic musical instruments sound like?

Here is my top-10 list of pop songs ever. But first, I’ll provide you with the criteria I used to select these songs.

Subtlety allows readers to think something else is going on, something hiding, something faintly suggested.

Beginning writers must learn that their readers can’t visualize what the author sees and feels unless the author tells them.

What happens when opposing views come into conflict? That’s when trouble appears.

William Joseph Clabby, Dorothy Jean Worthy, and Robert E. Heninger.

The greatest benefit of dry humor is you get to skip the awkward, unnatural machinations of ordinary joke-telling.

How can we manage the task of raising children over a twenty-year span when it seems no one knows for sure how to do it?

If everything else is idealized in fiction, why can’t women be, also?

How can we impart knowledge, wisdom, and kindness to our relatives, friends, neighbors, and coworkers, without sincerity?

A common problem beginning authors have when writing in first person is to overuse the word, “I.”

To keep a steady pace, you must keep an unsteady pace.

I have assembled this summary where all pertinent information regarding copyrights and patents is found.

Central to all human interaction is persuasion.

At some point most of us learn that bullies are weak people. We learn they’re not so tough once we’ve had enough and finally confront them.

Why are there numerous sites devoted to Top-10 Movies, Top-10 Fiction Books, and Top-10 NFL players, but none for Top-10 Paragraphs?

I long for persuasion over coercion, teaching over indoctrination, and example over cancellation.

Rest assured, procrastination is not about laziness or lack of self-control.

Here is the most important and concise list of principles I can find for young people considering marriage.