Picking a Driver: Character vs. Plot

Between grabbing a pen to start your story and accepting another to sign your publishing contract, there’s a deep, dark pit of work that requires a writer to be both the digger who creates it and the landscaper who must fill it in and smooth it out, making it appear...

Narration & Point of View

The Great Depression. A mysterious recluse. A drawn-out trial. A murder. These are just some of the plot points associated with one very respected literary classic, and absolutely none of them would lead a reader to believe that children have any place near it. And...

Picking a Platform: Graphic Novels

Though DC’s Superman was the first big comic book character to grab the mainstream’s attention, Marvel Comic’s Stan Lee is undoubtedly everyone’s favorite father of comic book superheroes. But here’s the thing very few seem to have...

The Scripted Seven: Part 3

There’s a great big beautiful movie coming to theaters next year; one based on a beloved fairy tale that you might have (definitely) already heard about: Walt Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast. There are, of course, plenty of other versions of the...