Open Book Fiction

Fellow writers know how much discipline it takes to complete an entire novel. I love the idea of creating COMMANDMENTS for the current work in progress. This example is from Henry Miller (courtesy of the blog, A Lovely Being): There are a few items about staying on task and trying to finish the current book. I [...]

I recently attended a workshop (at the Wordstock Festival) that focused on a list of fifteen ways to writing better protagonists. You see, sometimes a writer has a dilemma because their protagonist is not necessarily a hero. There is a scale that goes something like: super-villain – - villain – - unsympathetic – - sympathetic [...]