emotional sandbox: (n) an overreaction to external stimuli that points to a deeper and larger issue than the surface one
Archives for November 2014
Write for the Big Picture
Every story is supposed to have a single, predominant theme, and every detail is supposed to work toward that theme. It isn’t that writers can’t insert smaller themes within the larger one, but they have to be conscientious about the main impulse. It directs every detail, from the characters who inhabit the story to the setting and structure.
The Blank Page is not Your Friend
We don’t go to the page to make friends. We go to see something other and apart from who we are. – Jodi Angel