Reading a book and assuming everyone is telling the truth all the time is like believing the barista has fallen in love with you   When I was getting notes back from my beta readers for ALU, I started to notice this trend where my readers were taking the main character very literally. In fact, because of that, they really didn’t like her at the beginning and it was hard to win them back. Now, of course this was in part my fault (all things are, look it up), but it also spoke

No I haven't "won a contest" but I was on the editorial team that picked a winner? A few years ago I worked as an editor at a small literary journal that held an annual contest. Part of my job was to read submissions and vote on them with other team members until only the highest voted submissions remained for that top spot. The whole process taught me a ton about what editors are looking for in literary journals, and what contest-winning writing looks like. Here's a spoiler:

Surprise surprise, the thing that everyone knows is bad for you is, in fact, bad for you I promise this photo will be relevant by the...

(This post is from the wonderful Morgane Boyd for a collaboration between our blogs. Check out my post "I Learned Everything You Need to...

Yes I have beef with this too; I’m a certified hater of the things I love   I’m not afraid to say it, I think we have too many genres—of...

Actually, technically it's the film school way but whatever I learned how to write and plan a novel through film school, which seems like...

(This post is from the wonderful Etta Grace for a collaboration between our blogs. Check out my post "The Art of Visual Editing is all in...

I’d throw hands with Malcolm Gladwell if I saw him on the street Malcolm Gladwell is the guy who said that it takes at least 10,000 hours...

Hint: It's because of rules Proof I actually went to film school The first thing I tell people who ask me how to get into writing is to...

Apparently, you don’t have to just “vibe it out” Before film school I was 100% a pantser. Any time I actually did try to outline...

Save your money on tuition, read my blog instead The Foundations of Screenwriting - Syd Field Something that has stuck with me the most...

Writing is scary My manuscript printed for editing I say often that facing the blank page is the most exciting part of writing. I...