“You don’t have to be great, or even good, to call yourself an author. You don’t need a published book or rave reviews. You don’t need a degree or a website. You just have to like how writing feels. IfRead more…
Start Writing
I got this in a fortune cookie at Samy’s Noodles in the East Village. It’s taped to my corkboard to remind me. We do a lot of prep in class: character, theme, outlining. I’m really big on creating a structureRead more…
Credos & Statements
Character statements (particularly the Credo – I believe”) are one way we can track a character’s shift throughout a story. Their credo might be sincere, insincere, conflicted; spoken or unspoken; they can say one thing but do another. They canRead more…