When I purchased Buffy and the Art of Story I had a very different notion of what I was ordering verses what I got. It was an impulse buy, I admit. I love Buffy—okay, I love the first three season of Buffy with some select episodes from the other four. The book promises that I’ll... Continue Reading →
Writer’s Review: The Secrets to Creating Character Arcs
Before I began writing these reviews, I had a simple criterion for selecting a how-to-write book: I judged the cover. The cliché “never judge a book by its cover” is more like an aspiration, sort of like “reach for the stars.” No one is actually going to reach up and grab a star and no... Continue Reading →