Your character’s Wound-Want-Need Triangle is the story engine that drives everything.
Here’s a snippet from a conversation early on in Kenora’s interactions with Jake... "It's worse for females. A couple of gents I met for coffee…
The Lake Decision - 3 This was to be my last day of being un-wived, divorced by a stranger with whom I’d shared a bed for twenty-eight years, until…
The Lake Decision - 2 I’d risen from my empty bed an hour before dawn and crept outside to quiet my pain, in a manner of my choosing, in the place…
The Lake Decision - 1 Here I am, as day commences to alleviate the night, my greying hair pulled back in a fuchsia scarf. Despite the grip of a hot…
...About the word 'Black' I attended a writing workshop years ago and the speaker talked about ‘black moments’, alluding to the despair and…
Bernice was my mother's name. It's still difficult for me to say that out loud. She's been gone for years, but I have so many happy memories..…
Chris Vogler, Toronto 2017 Part 3 Joseph Campbell , mythologist, writer and lecturer ( https://www.jcf.org/learn/joseph-campbell-heros-journey ) He…
CHRIS VOGLER, TORONTO 2017  Vogler’s intention during the May workshop in Toronto was to completely transform us and send us out to transform the…
Chris Vogler, Toronto 2017 Arriving at the downtown hotel that morning was an adventure in navigating Toronto’s insane rush hour traffic, trying to…
Cool crescent of proportional perfection, the nautilus shell gleams in a slash of sunlight. A lustrous comma contradiction of itself, its form pale…
You can shape your true story like fiction and incorporate the emotion that brings it to life. WHATS YOUR STORY? What are the basics of the story you…
Be authentic. Listen to your inner writer's voice! I was doing some computer hard drive tidying-up last week. Not that I need the space but it does…
Night The vast silent weight of limitless indigo sky weighs on my ears like relentless waves on a broken furrowed field. The grass, seared to sisal…
