by Jack Woodville London | Mar 23, 2012 | A Novel Approach
In the middle of all these heavy topics about writing scenes, characters, conflicts and so on, it is easy to lose sight of the basics. This is about as basic as I can get: writing is like shooting free throws. Really. (March Madness is in the air…) Every free... by Jack Woodville London | Mar 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today is St. Patrick’s Day, the celebration of all things Irish. The Irish are generally a special people. Handsome, or attractive, witty, musical, loyal, proud, and principalled. But it has not always been so easy. Well-known is the exodus of the 1840’s... by Jack Woodville London | Mar 11, 2012 | A Novel Approach
Imagine that you are blind. Someone is reading a story to you. It might be a news story. It might be an essay. It might be fiction. The page is turned and your reader discovers that in lieu of words, the author has inserted this image. What words should the reader say... by Jack Woodville London | Mar 3, 2012 | Articles
Better still, ‘Hold a Soldier.’ I was one of the very lucky ones. When I was in the Army I had pretty safe assignments. I was never to my knowledge shot at, at least not by the enemy, and my only candidacy for a purple heart (not submitted) was when I... by Jack Woodville London | Mar 2, 2012 | A Novel Approach
Characters are no more interesting than the conflict that defines them. In character-driven fiction the most interesting characters are those whose conflict is that they turn out to be different than anyone thinks they are, including themselves. Let’s consider a...
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