The Story Template: Amy Deardon

We parents love the negative. We tell our children: don't get dirty, don't run, don't touch that, don't talk to strangers...

Someone recently wrote to me to ask how to become a writer. I reflected on this. One thing people often say to me is, "When I have a ...

He reached quickly and lightly to push the carved wood door open. His hair was black and coarse, and his eyes made me jump with their brow...

An art teacher ran an experiment in his ceramics class. He divided the class into two groups. One would receive their final grade b...

It is my great pleasure to introduce to you author Jane Lebak. Jane recently published her second book, The Wrong Enemy . Jane and I met i...

You may have heard this story before... A professor carried in a large glass pot and put it on the table. He then filled it with big rocks...

Some writers espouse opening a story that sets the reader or viewer immediately into the middle of a horrific disaster or other spectac...