Solidifying a Logline

The hardest part is narrowing your novel - story into a one or two sentence description.

How to Write an Abstract

An abstract is a short restatement of the main points of a paper. The content of the abstract includes: motivation and purpose, specifics, results, and conclusions. In fact the abstract must answer the following questions: what and why, what you found, and how you did it.

Self-Publishing - Ten Great Tips to Make Your Book Shine

Before asking how you're going to cope with all those book orders, you need to make sure you have a quality product. Here are ten tips to make your book, fiction or non-fiction, the best it can be.

An Interview with Bestselling Novelist Michael Connelly

In this interview, Connelly discusses his approach to writing, his latest Harry Bosch novel--The Closers (which hit bookstores in May 2005)--how being an outsider as a teen affected his writing, and why he waited thirty years to begin writing fiction.

To, Too or Two - That is the Question

When I travel around the Web looking at different Web sites I know that many lose credibility with me immediately when I spot a typo - and I spot a lot of them. Far too many actually! Take the time to learn (or relearn) grammar. You’d be surprised how much sense it actually makes now that you’re an adult and you don't HAVE to learn it. Practice your writing skills and look up words when you're not sure. It's much better to take the time and do a little research than it is to have someone email you with a typo or misused word on your site or other promotional materials.

Even Busy People Can Find Time to Write a Thesis or Dissertation

The biggest misconception about finishing a thesis or dissertation is the belief that writing is the key component to completion. The real key to finishing is effective time management. This is particularly true given the fact that, for most students, writing the document must be completed in tandem with numerous other important tasks.

188 Stage Hero's Journey (Monomyth) - Innate Suitability

188 stages of the Hero's Journey (Monomyth) you need to know about...

188+ Stage Hero's Journey (Monomyth) - A Trivial Task

188 stages of the Hero's Journey (Monomyth) you need to know about.. The commonality of the Trivial Task is frightening. We know it from our fairytales (take these cakes to Grandma....go sell these pigs at market....go pick some flowers from the field). The Trivial Task most often leads ...

188 Stage Hero's Journey - Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

188 stages of the Hero's Journey (monomyth) you need to know about...Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Arrival in any New World involves being unfamiliar with the creatures of that world. In Straw Dogs...

Writing A Murder Mystery - Part 1 - Characters

Takes the new writer of murder mysteries through some techniques to create characters who can interact in an intriguing plot. Covers both selection of a environment and techniques for mapping out the character interrelationships.

Are You A Writer Stuck For Ideas?

From the cartloads of letters and emails I receive (in fact the postman blames me entirely for his recent hernia) one of the difficulties some writers have is getting an idea for a story or article. There is no need for this at all as ideas are abundant and all around us.

Fiction - Easing Exposition into a Story

Exposition is the descriptive material that sets a tone to a piece of writing and introduces the background, the characters, and other facts. It should be used wisely inside the story without boring the reader with long tedious passages.

What Is Writers Block And How Do I Get Over It?

All writers seem to suffer from it from time to time, and yet remarkably little seems to be known about defeating writers block. This is my small attempt to redress the balance...

188 stage Hero's Journey (Monomyth) - Story, Screenplay Structure - Carlito's Way (1993)

188 stage Hero's Journey (Monomyth) you need to know about...Carlito's Way (1993)

188 stage Hero's Journey (Monomyth) - Story, Screenplay Structure

188 stage Hero's Journey (Monomyth) you need to know about...