As the story goes, Buddha was wandering the countryside with his disciples. He would stop occasionally and give a lecture, and when he...

“If someone tells you they understand Zen, then the chances are they don’t know Zen.” – Alan Watts It might be easier to start by...

A constant question most writers get is where do story ideas come from? Once, as a joke, I said there was a magazine called “Ideas” that...

When you first start writing, it usually takes a while to understand that, in the fictional world you’re creating, you are God. You can...

Some people say there are only three basic plots in fiction (man vs. man; man vs. nature; man vs. himself - change pronouns and gender,...

There is no such thing as “Writer’s Block.” Plumbers don’t get Plumber’s Block. Car mechanics don’t get Mechanic’s Block. And if you’ve...