Arthur Franz IV

Just like a carpenter needs a hammer and nails to do their work, writers also have tools to bring readers in and hold their attention. Re...

“People always talk about anti-heroes as opposed to heroes. What is the difference and is one better than the other?” We often hear talk ...

Conflict is the fuel that keeps the engine of your story running. When we say “conflict,” we are not talking about plot, or rising and fa...

As writers, we like to think we’re in complete control of our characters. It can be tempting to think that, because your name is in the b...

I recently revised a story from almost a quarter century ago. As I dug through this monument to writers’ past, I was pleased with t...

When I was pursuing an MFA in Fiction Writing, every time I got a rejection letter from a publication, I would tape it to my bedroom wall...

Writer’s block is the manifestation of fear that prevents you from creating art. Though invisible and intangible, it is a fierce and wort...

Imagine the world in 1439. You are a scribe, and your job is to meticulously copy manuscripts into empty books. It is a sweet gig…until t...