How to get started with Character Development Often at the beginning, we have a mere feeling about the main character whose story we want to tell. In this situation you want to act with an open mind. You don’t know yet what will be important about your character, you cannot know it because you just […]
Short stories are a writer’s notebook. Often they are the seed of an idea that a writer might want to develop. If you are looking for ideas what to write about, short stories are a great way to get started. It’s not so much the stories or the ideas in and of themselves that you
Psychologists who look at the development of the human brain and how a person takes their form say that playing is one of the most important formative activities. As adults we tend to lose the ability or the inclination to play. Playing offers unexpected results, new perspectives and insights on challenges and problems we face.
Very few of us are born writers, I believe. Two reasons come to my mind when I am asked why I write: Respect: Ideas are rare and they come out of nowhere. If you think about it, it is almost a miracle. Something is created out of nothing. You never know which passing thought might
Why you should write … even if you do not think of yourself as a writer. Read More »
