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What Writers Can Learn From Comedians

Jan 27th, 2013

What Writers Can Learn From Comedians

Last time, we learned from television. Let us now plunder from stand-ups, who have no qualms about being stolen from, no sir.

4 Steps (And a Bonus!) To Making Character Everything

Jan 22nd, 2013

4 Steps (And a Bonus!) To Making Character Everything

We talked about what prose writers can learn from TV writers. Here we go a little deeper, focusing on character in 5 steps. It's free!

Six Things Prose Writers Can Learn From Television

Jan 19th, 2013

Six Things Prose Writers Can Learn From Television

I gave a lecture on TV vs. books. Did you know TV is written by real writers, too? A lot of prose writers like to pretend that's not true. Here are six things we can learn from TV.

The Obligatory White Male Author’s Fiction Manifesto: Stories (Part 2)

Mar 8th, 2012

The Obligatory White Male Author’s Fiction Manifesto: Stories (Part 2)

Part 2, and the bossier half, of this two-part posting!