Pillar 3: The Short Feedback Loop
January 25, 2018 By Art Holcomb Many of you have heard about the scene I caused at a Starbucks some time ago when I confronted
Write Everything
January 11, 2018 A guest post by Stephanie Raffelock For the past few years, I’ve been a committed student of story. Larry Brooks remains my
And So We Hand The Microphone Over… to You
January 2, 2018 by Larry Brooks Writing is very much a momentum business. You know this, I’m sure… you begin a project, you may at
A Boot Camp Opportunity with Art Holcomb
December 19, 2017 by Art Holcomb You know me . . . You’ve read my posts here on StoryFix and many of you have taken
Pillar #2 – The Need for a Constant Mentoring Presence
December 12, 2017 By Art Holcomb For a while now, I’ve been talking about the six pillars of education needed by all writers to succeed.
Story Structure: Is It Formulaic?
December 5, 2017 By Larry Brooks Talking to writers about Story Structure is like trying to sell religion (how’s that for a polarizing opening analogy?).
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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…
“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
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
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
What an Actor Wants You to Know About Your Novel — a guest post from Art Holcomb
Hi… it’s Art here. It’s my honor to be filling in for Larry here as he finishes up working on new training videos and other
The Bermuda Triangle of Storytelling
The goal of today’s post is nothing less than to explain why writing a novel that works is hard. As opposed to, say, a pile