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Questions are the building blocks of writing. The answers to the questions that you ask are what builds your story. When it comes to non-fiction writing – journalism in particular – there are the famous 5 Ws which need to be answered in any given news story: Who, What, Where, When, Why. And then, sometimes, it [...] Dedicated to the memory of my grandmother, Esther Cherdack, who passed away this week. By itself, an object tells you nothing. It is the context that tells you everything, the description and motion that lets that object become part of the story. Take, for instance, an ambulance. By itself, it isn’t much. But put it [...] Here’s more from my conversation with Michael Crichton in December of 1993. I find it interesting to think of where his career did go following this interview. JB: What do you see in your own future as a writer? MC: I hope one of these days to write something specifically for [...] Yes, I’m serious. I need your help. Let me tell you why. It happens to most writers sooner or later. They hit a snag, run headfirst into a problem they don’t know how to solve or are even sure is a problem. In my case, it’s a chapter in my novel that those in my writers’ [...] Depending on who you talk to, the three words that I used for today’s title are the most repugnant in the English language when put together. You might sooner expect some authors to give consideration to self mutilation before they would seriously consider work for hire. Because there are those people who don’t understand the phrase, [...] Every once in awhile, I come across a book about writing that gives me some new insight on how I write, why I don’t write, and sometimes both. I’ve been struggling with having a place of my own to write for months – ever since my middle child decided to move out of the [...] |
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