The Six Pillars of Your Writing Education
November 28, 2017 By Art Holcomb I’ve been a writing teacher for a very long time. I started in the 1990’s with a small group of students and, today, I teach classes and seminars in-person and through the internet to people throughout the U.S., in eleven different countries in four different languages. And, unfortunately, I […]
The Writer’s Balance
November 24, 2017 A guest post by Stephanie Raffelock It takes courage to get up every day and write. You have to love what you are doing and you have to believe in yourself to do it. It’s humbling for me to be the perpetual student of craft and of story. And sometimes on a […]
Another 2-Hour Writing Clinic, This Time on Scene Writing
Another learning opportunity – and one heck of an entertaining experience – awaits writers in the form of Lady Bird, a character-driven film currently in major release, starring 2-time Oscar nominated actress Saoirse Ronan and written/directed by the poster-child of character-driven movies, Greta Gerwig (best known as an actress, though she quietly has 10 film […]
Navigating These Four Writing Dichotomies Will Dramatically Increase Your Effectiveness and Efficiency as a Writer of Fiction
by Larry Brooks A four-part primer on how to compete at the highest levels of the writing game. The word dichotomy isn’t one you hear all that much in the writing conversation. At a glance it sounds more apropos to a discussion about insects or surgery – “I’m having a dichotomy next week but my […]
Level Up: A Master Teacher Uniquely Frames the Writer’s Journey
by Art Holcomb A quick thanks to Larry for making me feel welcomed as we join forces to make STORYFIX into THE premier site for writers anywhere. For those of you who don’t know me: I’ve been a working professional writer for more than forty years and have been successful at selling stage plays, more […]
Text, Lies and Old Tapes – The Secret to Elevating Above the Writing Multitudes
An Essential Post of Monstrous, Manifesto Proportions I’m on fire about this topic. I’ve written various iterations of it, sometimes using the words “The Lie” within the title. I even have a little ebook by that title. It’s an attention grabber, one that some writers take as a challenge to disprove, because hey, that’s the way […]
A Few Storyfix Updates
Greetings. I know I’ve been MIA for a while now… my apologies. I also know I led with this exact opener a few months ago… embarrassing. I get it. Colleagues are telling me I’ve basically lost equity in this site. I prefer to think of it as hitting the Pause button. I’ve never intended to abandon […]
“The Two Questions” — A Guest Post by Art Holcomb
More goodness from our friend Art, who is always worth the read. The Two Questions by Art Holcomb I want to talk to you about a place where all writers get to – regardless of our form, genre or level of experience. I’m talking about The Big Suck – that place where we have written […]
MEN’S HEALTH
8 BENEFITS OF TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (TRT) Testosterone is the main male sex hormone and is significant in many areas of the body that you may not realize. When testosterone levels are too low, you may experience frustrating symptoms such as fatigue, weight gain, decline in mental health, decreased sex drive, erectile function, and more. […]
Part 2: What a Studio Executive Wants You to Know About Your Novel
A guest post from Art Holcomb And so, back to our story . . . When we had last left our hero (that’s me), I had just had lunch at the Paramount Studios commissary with a studio executive named David, who was kind enough to ask me back to his office bungalow to continue our […]