Creating Conflict

The number one rule for using magic in a fantasy novel is that there has to be a rule, says Laurel Anne Hill, award-winning author and former underground storage tank...

There is one big difference author, instructor, director, and screenwriter John Henry Davis has noticed between the beginnings of movies and television shows. Traditionally...

The late Stan Lee didn't have any rules about what makes a story a page turner, he just ma de sure to interest himself along the way. Lee, comic creator of Spider...

The late Stan Lee didn't have any rules about what makes a story a page turner, he just made sure to interest himself along the way. Lee, comic creator of Spider-man...

“I believe suspense drives all fiction, not only mystery,” says editor Helga Schier. “Unless we really are interested in what happens next, we won’t turn the pages...