Exercises

Building strong narratives in the post-apocalyptic genre

I always appreciated—and what I appreciate even more now, in the wake of dozens of…
6 Ways for Writers to Procrastinate and Still be Productive!

Writing a novel or a short story is challenging at the best of times. There’s plot…
NaNoWriMo Prep: THREE ways to load your characters into the NaNo-launch-day cannon

“Dive right in!” they said. “It’ll be fun!” they said. …
Final Fantasy Flash-Fan-Fiction Contest

Because I don’t already have enough to do, I thought I’d host a contest for Final…
A quick guide to the basics of writing erotica

“We are dealing with sex. We’re going to be embarrassed and everything will have a double…
Writing Reviews [part 2]: Tips & Examples

A few weeks ago I explained how important it is to know the formula of writing…
How to write critical reviews; a skill every writer should learn.

NOTE: There is a hyphen between every paragraph because wordpress keeps trying to delete the breaks.…
How to build a character and, possibly, a novel plot in 10 minutes.

Script in Performance, taught by the international playwright Seamus Finnegan, brought to you by Duck-Face-the-Unknown (a.k.a.…