And while dollars have little to do with it, the fiction writer should be asking the same question any capable film producer would ask: Is this scene…

- Les Standiford

There are vast differences between scripts and stories, of course. Few fiction writers would want to give up the opportunity to explore how the minds…

- Les Standiford

Never open your story with a character thinking, I advise my students. As a further precaution, don’t put a character in a room alone – create a frie…

- Les Standiford

Maybe it's because we as writers are alone so often, are so attuned to listening to the run of our own thoughts, that we find it more natural to writ…

- Les Standiford