Lori Freeland Does the blank page cause you anxiety? Do you have a scene that’s just not working? Do readers miss what you’re trying to get across? Using essay structure can help you start and finish clear, purposeful scenes. When we wrote essays in school, there was always a basic format to follow—OPEN with an […]

By Tiffany Lawson Inman In theatre, dialogue is king. It is the lifeline of the story.  Character's lines bouncing back and forth between each other.  Confiding, conspiring, commiserating, coercing, or caring.  Dialogue works to create emotion, conflict, show character, and it always moves the dramatic action forward. It seems that in fiction writing, dialogue isn’t […]