How to Be a Truthspeaker
19 – Using Familiar Plots in Storytelling
“Haven’t I Heard This Somewhere Before?” – Using Familiar Plots In Storytelling. Let me spin you a...
18 – How to Be a Punctuation Semi-pro, Part II
How To Be A Punctuation Semi-Pro – Part 2 In Part 1 of this two-part series, we started to examine...
17 – How to Be a Punctuation Semi-Pro, Part I
How To Be A Punctuation Semi-Pro – Part 1 As I recently combed through the burgeoning bookshelves...
16 – Of Stories, Subplots, and Second Thoughts – HBAT
16: Of Stories, Subplots, and Second Thoughts This past November, during NaNoWriMo, I made great...
15 – The Exciting Truth About “Writer’s Block” – HBAT
15: The Exciting Truth About “Writer’s Block” I have a secret. Ok, I guess it’s not really a...
14: Dealing With Rejection_HTBAT
“Why Can’t Anyone See How Amazing I Am?” -- Dealing With Rejection and (Literary) Loss. One of the...
13: Tell All the Truth, but Tell it Slant
“Tell All the Truth, But Tell It Slant": Truthspeaking Through Indirection versus Misdirection....
12: Wordsmithing and Getting into the Writing Groove
Wordsmithing and Getting Into The Writing Groove Well, it’s time to come up for air and check in...
11: “Hitting the Wall” in Writing
Hitting The Wall in Writing When I was much younger and in much better shape, I was a runner....
10: Truth in the Genres – A Matter of Density
Truth in The Genres -- A Matter of Density Previously, we’ve discussed Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s...
In Praise of Poetic Prose, Rather than Prosaic Poetry
In Praise of Poetic Prose, Rather Than Prosaic Poetry. (Today, I am starting a second blog with...
How I Tricked Myself into Writing Really Badly
I Locked My Editor in the Closet, But He'll Be Okay -- How I Tricked Myself into Writing Really...
High Stakes Motivational Writing
High Stakes Motivational Writing Are You Looking to Inspire Improvement or Just Seeking a Soapbox?...
Literary Motivation to Act on Truth
Literary Motivation to Act on Truth How can we inspire ourselves and others to live the truths we...
4 Ways I’ve Found Truth in Fiction…and 1 Way I Haven’t
In my last post, I told you that “Our books and stories contribute to the formation of our...
The Reasons I Read, The Reasons I Write
Catching a Vision From 2006 to 2008, I was a customer service representative, and then a trainer...
Do Your Stories Teach and Entertain or Preach and Explain?
I) Eliza’s Heard Enough One of my favorite theatrical scenes comes from the 1964 musical, My Fair...
How to Strengthen Truth in Your Writing: Part Two
In marriage, we often hear spouses affectionately refer to each other as “my better half.” I love...
How to Strengthen Truth in Your Writing: “I Write Half…”
How to Strengthen the Truths in Your Writing. Part 1: I Write Half? By W.R. Gilmour “I write half...
