Top Tips for Writing Novels and Life Lessons

J.J. Richardson

Oct 256 min read

The Wisdom of Stoicism

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

J.J. Richardson

Sep 137 min read

Unmet Expectations

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

J.J. Richardson

Apr 62 min read

The Sounds of Music

What do symphonic musical instruments sound like?

J.J. Richardson

Jan 14, 20234 min read

Top-10 Pop Songs Ever

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.

J.J. Richardson

Oct 15, 20225 min read

Subtlety—Speaking the Real Truth

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

J.J. Richardson

Oct 10, 20228 min read

Description: Up-close and Personal

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

J.J. Richardson

Sep 27, 20226 min read

Obsession with Violence

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

J.J. Richardson

Aug 25, 202210 min read

Top-3 Teachers

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

J.J. Richardson

Aug 4, 20227 min read

Dry Humor to Wet Your Whistle

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

J.J. Richardson

Jul 25, 202214 min read

How to Be an Ideal Parent

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?

J.J. Richardson

May 2, 20224 min read

What's Wrong with Ideal Heroines?

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

J.J. Richardson

Apr 4, 20226 min read

Sincerity

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

J.J. Richardson

Mar 13, 20225 min read

The Ubiquitous I

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

J.J. Richardson

Dec 29, 20215 min read

Ideal Pace

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

J.J. Richardson

Dec 19, 20218 min read

All About Copyrights and Patents

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

J.J. Richardson

Dec 6, 20215 min read

Patient Persuasion

Central to all human interaction is persuasion.

J.J. Richardson

Oct 28, 20216 min read

Low Self-esteem

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.

J.J. Richardson

Oct 7, 202111 min read

Top-10 Paragraphs

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?

J.J. Richardson

Sep 24, 202110 min read

Ideologue

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

J.J. Richardson

Sep 21, 20215 min read

Procrastination

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

J.J. Richardson

Aug 26, 20213 min read

Advice for Engaged Couples

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

J.J. Richardson

Jul 28, 20216 min read

Tantrum Movies

It’s a tragedy when a moviemaker causes the story’s theme to become the story itself and dominate over the plot like a pack of wolves.

J.J. Richardson

Jul 23, 202115 min read

What is a Conservative?

The modern conservative movement is in line with the liberal movement of the 1960s.

J.J. Richardson

Jun 30, 20215 min read

Stop Asking Me Questions

It's your job as the author to answer questions, not the reader's.