Oh, hey. How about an example? (I just made this up. It’s not good.) EXT. SOMEWHERE IN SPACE - NIGHT (Obviously)1 Prickly stars are strewn about in the haphazard way stars distribute themselves. A teeny-tiny virtual speck of the universe becomes real, blooms, and pops—POIT!—spitting out a stubby egg-shaped canister. The canister is beaten up, … Continue reading How I’ve Been Writing Lately—Part 2 →

This is not advice. If it were advice it would be bad advice. It’s what I’ve been doing lately. I started writing stories in the present tense. Changing, he said, she said, they said to, she says, they say, he says feels clumsy. I like the way script dialogue seems to more naturally inhabit now. … Continue reading How I’ve Been Writing Lately →