Ch-ch-ch-changes

An old dog contemplates trying out a new trick: using a new program for working on a [...]

Do It All, Or Die Trying: The Way Of The Renaissance Writer

"Listen, as long as you’re doing it all, maybe you could, umm, try to look like you’re enjoying it, too?"

If you were to start combing through the sound bites of current productivity wisdom, it probably wouldn’t take you long to come across a couple of the more oft-repeated nuggets.

Without quoting anyone or any version [...]

The Three-Step Process To Surprising Your Readers

“Underneath this shirt I have a big surprise … and it’s not that tattoo of Sam the guys are always razzing me about.”

Nearly all storytelling relies, at some point, on hitting the reader with something she hasn’t seen coming. Or thinks she hasn’t seen coming, but actually has, because you, the author, have prepared [...]