by LB
Dorothy Fontana, of justly deserved original Star Trek fame, taught me the basics of storytelling thusly:
Ask yourself what your protagonist needs and wants and then take them through hell to obtain it.
Category: By Larry Brody
LB: Showing Your Writing to Others is Stressful…
by LB
Showing your writing to others is stressful, but know what’s even more stressful?
Being an executive who wants to say yes to your pitch.
LB: Gaming the System doesn’t work…
by LB
…At least, it doesn’t work all that well. But guess what–
Using it does.
LB: Um, Yeah, We ARE Different After All
by Larry Brody
“Alone time” isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity, especially for writers & other artists. No getting around it – creativity & fragility go hand in hand.
When I think of all the years I was in denial about this….
Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #162 – “Even Old Billionaires have Problems”
THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.
In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned.
Oh, and if y’all detect any irony, please believe me when I say it comes straight from the universe and not your kindly Uncle Larry B.