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.

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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

Few articles are written about how to get fictional characters to act. This article explains how to do it.

The rules of English grammar provide us with question marks, exclamation marks, and quotation marks, but no assumption mark.

Reciting tales has been a part of human life from the earliest discovered cave drawings until the present day.

I offer only the fun bits. Enough for you to be popular at parties, but not sufficient to pass a college course in literature.

A story that is not relatable is of little use to anyone no matter how clearly it is written.

Critiquing other people’s manuscripts of fictional works is fun for me because I start off with a declaration saying, “My comments are my...

When I’m reading a story, and one character says to another, “We’ve talked about this,” my mind is thrown from the story.

If you want your readers to hate your scenes, make every character behave foolishly.

If you’ve spent any time studying the rules of writing fiction, you’ll know that stories must have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Howeve