The Heart of Your Story Archives

6 Questions to Get to the Heart of Your Story

May 15, 2023

Here are some thoughts discussed in my book Writing the Heart of Your Story—important things for novelists to think about…

June 30, 2014

By way of introduction, here are some thoughts discussed in my book Writing the Heart of Your Story—important things for…

May 6, 2013

I’m going to explore the topics of idea and passion in the upcoming weeks. I am often asked, “Where do…

December 26, 2012

“The idea is to write so that people hear it, and it slides through the brain and goes straight to…