Cliches and Limitations Whenever a couple gets together in a book or on TV, there’s always a contingent that yells, “Cliche!” Why do police officer […]
Speaking of Romance: The Mentalist The Mentalist is one of my favorite TV shows, which is odd because I generally do not like Trickster characters. And Jane […]
Writing Fear Free: Alter the Pattern for Comedy I’ve already written a post about changing up predictable patterns in your writing, but yesterday I found another great example of doing […]
Learning from Other Media: Digital Music I was going to write a nice post about how music can teach writers to add pauses to their manuscripts, thereby adding […]
The Usual Suspects and Plot Twists I like a good plot twist. Let me amend that. Most of the time, I like a good plot twist. I don’t […]