writing
Author! Author! The Impact of Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers is an author, screenwriter, publisher, English tutor, visionary and seller of pirate supplies. If you have heard of McSweeney’s (a literary quarterly that is published, as he puts it, “two or three times a year”) then you probably know who Dave Eggers is. If you went to see the 2009 feature film adaptation […]
Fact Into Fiction: The Plots Thicken
I was thinking of writing a story filled with intrigue, romance and scandal but maybe it isn’t believable enough. The plot line briefly is this: A retired four star General, who has been appointed to head up the international intelligence bureau in the US, is approached by an attractive woman who’s a journalist and an […]
Details, Details…
One of the most common pieces of advice to novice writers is to write what you know about. As cliched as that might be there is some truth to it, which is probably one reason why it is bandied about with such frequency. John Grisham writes legal thrillers and has a law degree to back […]
Here’s the Wind-Up and the Pitch: Perfecting the Opening Paragraph
It was a dark and stormy night… Oh. I’m sorry. Have you heard that one before? The opening sentence and lead paragraph in a story or novel is, as they say, your only chance to make a first impression. Like the cover of your book, that first paragraph might be the difference between a polite […]
