“People don’t change, they only get moreso.” The above is a wonderful little personal axiom that was shared with me recently. It’s pithy, distilling a common bit psychological inertia down to less than ten words, yet broad enough to let each person color it as they will. I feel that in most cases unchanging personalityContinue reading “Creating Consistent Characters”
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Untitled Short Fiction
I had a friend in college who was one of those evangelical Christian types. We’d have arguments from time to time, always good natured and respectful. I remember him saying something about there being no atheists in foxholes, which I countered by telling him that was completely untrue citing the existence of MAAF. He explainedContinue reading “Untitled Short Fiction”
Quiet Riot
I’m not religious, but given that Rosh Hashanah is this week it seems appropriate to repent, at least as far as writing is concerned. It has been a little more than a month since I made some lofty promises on which I have yet to deliver. In fact, I haven’t written creatively or even readContinue reading “Quiet Riot”
An Exercise in Stereotyping
When writing, cliches are to be avoided by any means necessary. As advice, avoiding cliches has become so prevalent as to become cliche itself, right up there with “write what you know” and “show, don’t tell.” The reason, of course, is that cliches are comfortable. And, like pillows piled on a plush couch or thick,Continue reading “An Exercise in Stereotyping”
The Barberry Writers 