CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG WRITER?
With the end of one decade and the approach of a new one, I'm looking back at my last decade of writing, by far, my most successful....
My first submission
I wrote this piece right after I moved to Providence, RI in the early seventies. The beginning and end are missing. Why I called it BLACK...
A Craft So Hard To Learn
Over million self-published titles were published in 2018. According to a report from ProQuest affiliate Bowker that number was up more...
Confessions of a Very Young Writer
I moved to Rhode Island in the early seventies and had pieces published in each of the three Providence literary journals. A poem in...
Dialogue: The Basics
“There's no absolute rule about when you should use dialogue and when you shouldn't, but here's a good generalization: If a stranger...
Setting
SETTING: A story doesn’t take place in a void, the action must take place somewhere. The setting is the laboratory in which to study...
The Short Story: Point of View Made Simple
POINT OF VIEW (POV) SIMPLIFIED Point of view is the most difficult decision the short story writer has to make. It can be very...
The last look at your manuscript
Received the paperback of my collection for my final approval. Can't quite describe what it felt like to finally hold the book after...
"Patch of Dirt:" Filtering
I've found this article on filtering to be one of the best about how to make your writing more forceful. Filtering "Filtering" is when...
"Patch of Dirt:" 36 Dramatic Situations and 7 Basic Plots
The 36 Dramatic Situations Each situation is stated; followed by the necessary elements for each situation. 1. Supplication o ...
