The Things Called ‘Plots’, What They Are and How They Are Actually Made
You have a few images come into your head. With them, are some emotions or passions, connected to the images in ways that you don’t quite...
What the Thing Called a ‘Character’ Actually Is, and How to Rapidly Build a Convincing One
Putting aside for the moment the world of films and television, in which characters appear to us ‘ready made’ in the form of actors, have...
Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...
The Magnetic Power That Attracts Readers Even Before The Introduction Of Any Character
What is it exactly that attracts readers? Well-developed characters? An exciting plot? A thoroughly imagined world? Maybe - but when you...
What a Story Really Is
Writing can be an addiction. Many writers yearn for, hunger for, thirst for the time when they can sit down and write, in the same way...
8 Things You Probably Didn't Realise About Social Media Marketing
I went through a phase in trying to market my books and services where I thought I was invisible. In attempting to get my material known...
Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...
Businesses and Gradients
Businesses begin (or should begin) with an idea. They survive or fail based on the strength of that idea. If the idea is weak then it is...
Another Look at the 'Conceptual Economy'
In trying to understand what I’ve called a ’conceptual economy’, I’m attempting to avoid using any words that would not be immediately...
Speculations on a Conceptual Economy
As I explored the field of business, particularly online business, it quickly struck me how many ’experts’ there are out there, ready to...