The blue screen of death. It’s every writer’s worst nightmare – that fatal system error that wipes your computer and all your precious work along with it. I sincerely hope this has never happened to you. But it could, and the only defense is to be ready when it does. It’s not so long since
Chase scenes: you know a good one when you see it, but they can still be difficult to dissect. Why does one chase scene leave you sweating, your heart in your mouth, while another fails to evoke even a slightly widened eye? Well, excitement is a difficult thing to get right. Just ask anyone who’s
If ever an art form was suited to its time, flash fiction fits the hyper-busy, bite-sized culture of the 21st century like a touchscreen-sensitive glove. Though the genre’s been around for at least a century, flash fiction has finally come into its own. So what’s that got to do with you? If you’re like a
One of the most common issues in longer prose is a lack of variety in sentence structure. It can strike anyone, because it’s not a lack of sophistication, but rather the pull of (otherwise admirable) efficiency of language. Unfortunately, when an author’s tendency towards efficiency collides with a reader’s desire for novelty, there’s a breakdown
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