At various points in the writing process, it behooves all of us to sit down and ask some pointed questions about what we’re doing, where the story’s been, and where it’s going. Indeed, these questions are vital not just to
I love the English language. Why? French is beautiful, they say, and German strident, with a thousand words for different shades of angst, and Latin is the language of history. Why do I love English, the mongrel language, son of
About a decade ago, I found a book in a used bookstore about ‘literary foils’. As I didn’t know what a literary foil was, all I got from skimming the textbook (I didn’t buy it) was that some short stories
Read Part One! What comes after the climax is the denouement. In Biblical terms, these are the Last Days. The former age, the rising action of the Jewish covenant, has passed (is finishing its passing); the new age of the