My Writer's Room
Special, behind-the scene summaries of chapters, interesting plot points, research, and general details of my craft writing practice
Inner and Outer Journeys
I concluded my essay on Aspects of a Novel, published to paid subscribers a couple of months ago, with a diagram modeling the two journeys a character must face in a story. On the one hand is the outer journey, that is, those things dealing with plot, external conflicts and
Aspects of a Novel
Or, Why What Happens Next Some years ago, back when this was a diabetes blog, I mentioned a particular fondness for a quote by the British writer E.M. Forster. The quote— How Can I Tell What I Think Till I See What I Say—comes from his book on
Why I Decided to Publish My Novel Online
How to make a living with words when the publishing world only wants to make money.
