by Teresa | Feb 2, 2022 | Articles
He stood on a platform in City Park and addressed a crowd of like-minded souls. “I am a free man. I will not let any person, or any government, tell me how to live my life. I choose which road to take. I decide where I’m going to live, where I’m going to work.... 
by Teresa | Jan 16, 2022 | Articles
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has... by Teresa | Jan 24, 2018 | Articles
Are your key scenes in order? Use the Worksheet to Ensure Your Key Scenes are There and in Order The worksheet sets out—in order—the key scenes that appear in most commercial stories—novels or screenplays. In the middle column, descriptions and examples are provided.... by Teresa | Sep 26, 2017 | Articles
by Jonathan Ammon When we’re leaving a bookstore, my wife Tatiana and I like to play a game: we go through our bag of purchases, and we read aloud the first line from each of the new books. Whoever has the book with the agreed-upon best first line wins. Our game puts... by Teresa | Jul 26, 2017 | Articles
I get it that, in fiction, dramatic events need to be shown in scene. A single point-of-view character wants something and strives against obstacles to get it—all shown in the real-time of the story. And mundane events need to be... 
by Teresa | Jan 17, 2017 | Articles
“…but I know it when I see it—” Subtext can be hard to define, but it’s worth the effort. It makes room for the part of a scene the intelligent reader brings to the story. Of course, the expertise of the clever-and-confident author sparks the reader’s contribution....
