advice and competition for writers
What’s the best medicine for the flu? You might think it’s Tamiflu® or Theraflu® or maybe honey and whiskey (tea?). My wife’s doctor recommended cough medicine plus Tylenol®. (What’s with all the T-medicines, anyway?) Each of those products may be fine for treating the symptoms. What about a cure for the flu? Turns out, the [...]
Dateline: FAIRPORT NY Subtitled: Somebody better go back and get us a sh–load o’ shovels! What say you, writers? Could you clearly describe this snowbound village road in less than 1000 words?
“Alpha writers are born from a force that must be reckoned with – a message that cannot and will not be stifled!” They are the prolific writers of all time. The ones who not only produced reams of descriptive, often gut-wrenching manuscripts, but also delivered a relied-upon story line publishers and readers readily count on. [...]
How one book has influenced my thoughts on writing When I was nine, I stole my older sister’s copy of Salem’s Lot and that was it. I was hooked on horror. Ask me who my favorite author is, and I’ll say Stephen King with no hesitation. But my favorite book was written by King’s coauthor [...]
Don’t ever let them teach you how to write! The implications of this statement are encouraging and thought provoking, to say the least. It’s a line that gets to the heart of the matter, forces us to sink our teeth into something deeper – beyond the scope of words, obliterated with “grammatically correct” verbiage… …because [...]
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