No cow cuddles, no brain worms: Do you want to be happy?
carriejonesbooks Do you want to be happy? It’s a question philosopher Sebastian Purcell asks his students every year. Do you want to be happy? For Purcell being happy has a lot…
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Celestial Bodies, Sexy Knees and Story Structure via Robert McKee
You can learn a lot about culture by how it looks at what makes a good story and a good story structure. In Western culture right now, we tend to…
How Not to be a Butt-Hole in Real Life and on the Page
So building a sympathetic character on the page is a lot like being a sympathetic character in real life. This sympathetic character is basically the opposite of a butt-hole. There’s…
Someone was sleeping outside her tent right next to her and how to make good writing habits
A lot of writers that I work with have a problem. The problem is that they want to be a writer, but before they come to me? They don’t write.…
The Spiral of Ick and Quiet Winners: You Don’t Have to Flaunt Yourself to Succeed
Recently, I read an interview with an author who talked about how much children loved her book and how they tell her this. It annoyed me. It may have been…