What is it that American writers, especially, can do to get themselves published and get paid for their writing work that hopefully benefits humanity as well as America? Here is the Shock Factor: regarding novel writing, and even non-fiction, everything has moved to the web and book publishers are in decline. The State Of Book [...]

What is important to realize is that a fundamental archetypal pattern underlies all story-telling, novels and screen plays. Authors do not always use all of these key elements but readers and viewers unconsciously look for them. Study this Star Novel Writing Diagram and see for yourself the basic elements and whether, or not, you fulfill [...]

The truth is that novelists rarely if ever create novel writing software. Software programmers create novel writing software, but they have not shown to the world that they can write books that sell in the many thousands. They may create good writing software but they know little about the hundreds of writing craft ideas and [...]