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So You Wrote A Novel... Now What?
You wrote and sweated over every word. You've revised, you've edited, you've done everything to make this the best story of your life. You've even g…
5 months, 1 week ago
Brevity, Foreshadowing, And Sanity
When should you distill an entire scene in a couple of sentences? Do you always have to write an entire scene to convey information? Also, how much f…
5 months, 1 week ago
Bibles, Fragments, and Corners
What's the best way to create a story bible? What about those little fragments you've written? How do you turn those into scenes or stories? Most imp…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Publishing Industry News...Now With AI!
Hachette pulls a book. Claude source code leaks. HarperCollins signs a deal with an AI animation studio....
The DRS Crew pontificates.
DRS caffeinate…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
How Do You Climax?
You've taken your characters to the edge. The plot is nearly finished. Now it's time for the big reveal. How do you make it happen? The DRS Crew disc…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Sciency-Solutions and Technobabble
"Captain! The doomaflachie is reaching critical something-or-other!"
Science fiction literature is rife with technobabble, questionable science, and …
6 months ago
Slimmin' Down and Toe-Taggin'
Publishers sometimes require a minimum word count, while magazines, contests, etc might impose a maximum word count. While adding words is easy, how …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Lesson of John Wick
Paul is on a walkabout, so Terry and Veronica are on deck to extoll the virtues of John Wick. Chiefly, how he responds to animal abuse.
Join Terry an…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
John Wick Is Boring
Gunfights? Explosions? Marvelous melee mayhem? Non-stop action scenes that go on for dozens of minutes? Works great in visual media, but how well doe…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Love, Lust, and Sex
It's Valentine's Day, and the DRS Crew is in the mood for romance. And maybe a little "rumpy-pumpy."
Chat will bring flowers and chocolate.
Our links…
6 months, 3 weeks ago