How to Edit Your Weaknesses

One of my standard phrases pertaining to writing that I’ve absorbed into my philosophy is, “I write my strengths and edit my weaknesses.” It’s a luxury of a non-live, correctable activity that if something is sub-par or simply doesn’t work, it can be fixed later. No basketball player can undo a three-point airball and move … Continue reading How to Edit Your Weaknesses →

Low Budget Novels

Monetary restrictions have been a driving force of creativity in many artistic fields. In film especially the limitation summed up in the expression, “If you want ten explosions, you have to make ten explosions.” The infinite imagination pulled down to earth by the finite resources at hand. Scenes are rewritten. Cinematography techniques modified or invented … Continue reading Low Budget Novels →