I’ve just posted free PDF versions of “Loose in the Wires,” “Bright Waters,” and “The Scent of Desire” in the Shorts section. Enjoy!!
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I don’t have time to watch, but I found myself getting sucked in this week. And here’s something I realized as I watched Simon, Paula, Randy, Ryan, & the contenstants–the show is using story principles. Duh, I know: of course, it is. But it does it so well. It reminds me of a research article I
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From Edmund Schubert, editor of Orson Scott Card’s Intergalatic Medicine Show: “During the month of February we are going to make one story from each of our first four issues available at no charge. Two stories will be set free on February 1st, and two more on February 15th. Just visit www.intergalacticmedicineshow.com and explore the
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Writing rules are upstart clerks with guns. This new lesson in the Writers section tells you why and what you should do with them.
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Not many people understand creativity. Dewitt Jones, a National Geographic photographer, does. And this video on the creative process, HOLY COW, it’s so good I had to buy it so I could watch it whenever the yearning took me. But this isn’t just for artists. The principles of creativity apply to any creative endeavor–from writing and drawing to building
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