Writing Secrets: It’s good for you – and it’s fun
Reading fiction is good for us – and that’s not one writer’s opinion, but the conclusion of neuroscientific research. Studies have shown that the language of fiction: imaginative metaphors, [...]
Writing Secrets: The touchy-feely art of character portrayal.
We need to know how your character is feeling, okay? It’s not enough simply to have things happen to him without giving us any sense of his emotional state. Part of the reason for this is that [...]
Monday Motivation: My escape into the woods
I “caught” polio when I was seven. It was an exhausting chase, but I managed at last to bring the virus down and invite it in. It took me on a long journey, unfinished still, that, of course, I [...]
