Save your scraps
You never know when you’ll want them back.
Co-writer of the Shepherd and Wolfe young adult mysteries, the internationally award-winning series, and teacher of storytelling and screenwriting.
You never know when you’ll want them back.
Do you know your answer?
Even for a bit.
Fast Fiction
Trapped in his father’s hunting cabin, Mathuin is given the ultimate test.
Even when it’s not the best.
Turning your story into a physical object helps you work with it.
Sharing is scary.
Activate your reader’s brain
When I first started, I was so busy worrying about being creative that I neglected to write a clean, coherent sentence. It's easy to overwrite. We're taught early on to fill the page. Yet learning to find the single idea in your sentence, paragraph, and story—
This formula made all the difference in my writing.
It’s not a magic key but it definitely helps.
How to write your character’s essence/
Learning to be concise.
Fast Fiction
Ester was in a safe place—but for how long?
Looking at outer and inner wants.
We aren’t singing the song.