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Writing Lessons
• Formatting Outlines and Manuscripts - Mar 7, 2006
• Third-Person Characters - Sep 28, 2004
• Copyrights - Apr 1, 2004
• Chapter Length - Apr 1, 2004
• Parallel Storylines - Oct 14, 2003
• A Conversation on Character - Oct 14, 2003
• Stories with Soul - Oct 13, 2003
• Naming Characters - Mar 5, 2003
• More in Naming Characters - Mar 5, 2003
• Starting a Short Story - 05 Mar 2003
• Writer's Block - 23 Sep 2002
• Classroom Writing Activities - 10 Apr 2002
• Background - How Much is Too Much - 14 Jan 2002
• Thought vs. Action - 19 Apr 2001
• Distractions from Writing - 15 Mar 2001
• Writing Spec Scripts - 15 Mar 2001
• Inventing Aliens - 15 Mar 2001
• Hot and Cold Third-Person - 15 Mar 2001
• Themes - 2 Aug 2000
• Point of View - 2 Aug 2000
• Your Inner Editor - Aug, 2 2000
• Digital Books - Aug, 2 2000
• Novel Length - Aug 2, 2000
• Plotlines and Ideas - Apr 26, 2000
• The "Maguffin" - Apr 26, 2000
• On Plagiarism, Borrowing, Resemblance, and Influence - Dec 20, 1999
• When is Conflict Good? - Oct 05, 1999
• Inventing Stories - Jan 29, 1999
• Do I need an agent? - Jan 29, 1999
• OSC Critique - Nov 17, 1998
• Beginnings - Oct 29, 1998
• Discussion of Dialogue and Style - Aug 14, 1998
• Does a Writing Career Always Mean Novels? - Jul 16, 1998
• On Rhetoric and Style - May 12, 1998


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