Writing – Dara Rochlin Book Doctor

World Development – 17 topics to brainstorm

Spending time looking at maps this month, makes me delve into world building and development. How do you build a

Like most things in life, there’s no “one size fits all” solution here. Every writer works differently and has different

Facts, facts, facts; there is nothing but facts. The writer’s first business is to get at these facts exactly —get

Yesterday morning while scrolling social media, to glean ideas for the next (this) blog post, I came across a friend

I just finished editing the second novel in the Bayou Talents series for Edward Branley, Trusted Talents. As I am

Point of View The Narrator’s personality and perspective helps shape the reader’s perspective, and how the story unfolds. The reader

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story Andrew Stanton: The Clues to a Great Story Amy Tan:

My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the

Annie Dillard gave a speech at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This was the advice she thought

Happy May everyone. I am sitting here in Starbucks, perusing Pinterest boards. I came across this infographic that I pinned