Arthur Franz IV

Conflict is the fuel that keeps the engine of your story running. When we say “conflict,” we are not talking about plot, or rising and fa...

As writers, we like to think we’re in complete control of our characters. It can be tempting to think that, because your name is in the b...

I recently revised a story from almost a quarter century ago. As I dug through this monument to writers’ past, I was pleased with t...

When I was pursuing an MFA in Fiction Writing, every time I got a rejection letter from a publication, I would tape it to my bedroom wall...

Writer’s block is the manifestation of fear that prevents you from creating art. Though invisible and intangible, it is a fierce and wort...

Imagine the world in 1439. You are a scribe, and your job is to meticulously copy manuscripts into empty books. It is a sweet gig…until t...