For many writers, the debate between pantsing (writing by the seat of your pants) and outlining is deeply personal. Both approaches have their merits, but after four years of working on my “FTL” project, I decided it was time for a change. Here’s why I stopped pantsing and started outlining my fiction works. The Struggle…
I suppose I have been a “writer” for as long as I have been able to read. I learned to read at an early age, and I could read before I started Pre-K. I can thank my parents, who emphasized the importance of reading and the benefit of having an older sibling who loved to…
If you think about it, nearly all of the communication we are exposed to is a total fake. A news anchor reads text from a teleprompter written in a style and delivered in a voice that is far from the way they really talk. A politician gives a carefully crafted speech designed to “rile up…
