Of Pixar’s 22 rules of storytelling–which might better be understood as “22 questions and exercises that improve your storytelling odds” I get the biggest kick
No winners of So Over it #20. The pictured location is easier to identify from this angle: It’s Lenny’s Pizza in Brooklyn, where Tony orders
I just finished the first draft a new short story about a young woman who misses out on the Summer of Love because she has
Literary fiction writers don’t usually have to do quite as much world building as their science fiction and fantasy colleagues. We work mostly with existing
I learned early on in college that I didn’t have what it took to be a professional in math and science, but the material still
No winners for So Over It #19. The answer is 3632 Skyline Dr., Jackson, Mississippi. The location is historic because it was here on June
Let’s start with V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Laureate of 2001: I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it
From the L.A. Times: In a widely circulated interview with Publishers Weekly, writer Claire Messud was asked if she would want to be friends with the protagonist
No winners for the 18th edition of the contest. (Cue sad trombone sound). The location was Page Hall, on the Caltech Campus. I lived there
The AVClub got me started on this. What film have I loved the longest? Hmm, let me see… I turned six years old in October