The Coming Article Directory Shake Out

A bold prediction for 2006: there will be a shake out in article submission directories. Nothing earth shattering, but something quality authors must be made aware of before submitting articles to sites that don't measure up.

Writing Sites: Why You Might Like to Give Them a Try

Writing sites on the internet help most anyone with any degree of experience to better their craft. They also supply friendship and many other opportunities.

To Comma or Not to Comma

Comma seem to reproduce radomly or hide when needed in writing at times. A few tips help authors know when and where to comma.

Academy Award Winners Deconstructed: Platoon (1986)

The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon.

Screenwriting Contests, Competitions: Out of Africa (1985) Deconstructed

The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon.

Screenplay Online: Fargo (1996) Deconstructed

The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon.

Write a Screenplay: Deer Hunter (1978) Deconstructed

The Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon.

Superchery

These days, some words just get overworked or overhyped. In fact, the word that exemplifies overhyped is overhyped. Has the term ‘superstar’ itself become ordinary? If so, it’s time an influential segment of our workforce took notice and did something about it.

Going With The Flow

How to access the deepest wells of creativity on demand.

ADVICE About Downloadable Dictionaries

Discusses ways to benefit the most from electronic dictionaries

Why You Must Be a Story Expert

Stories can change a person’s “frame of view” much more powerfully than dry concepts. Instead of fear-based facts told in conceptual form, you need to offer people a compelling, positive vision for the future told in narrative form—if you want to motivate people to act in new ways. In fact, most people in a leadership role are now expected to know...

Setting Your Novel: There's Gold in Your Own Backyard

Writing about the places we know best can show others what's unique and interesting about our little piece of the world.

The Causes And Reasons Why Some People Start Stuttering

I have been asked many times, why certain people develop a stutter. I personally believe there are many reasons and this article describes some of them and gives examples of why certain people of whom I have met via my occupation, started to stutter.

Screenwriter Help: Hero's Journey and Making the Transformation Real

A number of tools can be employed to make the Transformation (also known as the Road of Trials) real.

Screenwriting Format; Hero's Journey: Deliberate and Structured Road of Trials

The stage of the Transformation, also known as the Road of Trials, is one of the most deliberate and structured parts of a screenplay.