Charles Stross has posted some typically thoughtful comments on the nature of length in fiction. What, exactly, is a short story and how does it differ from a novel? Can a novel itself be a chapter? It’s a truism of the writing business that short stories are not like novels. There are any number of [...]
What is Twitter? Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send “updates” (or “tweets”; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter website, via short message service (e.g. on a cell phone), instant messaging, or a third-party application such as Twitterrific or Facebook. Via Wikipedia You’ll have [...]
John August, successful Hollywood screenwriter and blogger, posts some thoughts on how to raise your game as a writer while working. My advice for you is to dedicate one day a week to disassembling good movies. Take existing films (and one-hour dramas) and break them down to cards. Think of yourself as an ordinary mechanic [...]