My first book came out 11 years ago. So, I’m reasonably certain that I gave my first Real Live Big Girl Pants Authorial Interview around that time, as well. Thus began my own particular Unexpected ...

Greg Rucka has rocked the worlds of comics and novels for years, including memorable Batman writing, plus the Queen and Country series and the Atticus Kodiak books. But he might be best known for ...

I've never been a cop. I've also never been an old man, or a plague doctor, or an alien being, or a nuclear physicist. But as a screenwriter, it's very likely I'll one day write some or all of these ...

In this video, I demonstrate how to write the Chinese character 女 (nǚ), which means 'female.' I walk through both the formal and casual ways to write it, making it easy for beginners to follow along.

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L.A.-based filmmaker Noam Kroll is currently working on his second feature. He keeps a production blog at his website NoamKroll.com. In this blog post, he writes about focusing on characters in order ...

The reason we love stories is the characters. Sure, we like a good, exciting plot and an interesting world, but complex characters are what turn those worlds and plots into something memorable—they ...