Most movies are eerily similar to other movies.  Nearly all romantic movies are the same story.

Subtlety allows readers to think something else is going on, something hiding, something faintly suggested.

It’s a tragedy when a moviemaker causes the story’s theme to become the story itself and dominate over the plot like a pack of wolves.

If you want your readers to hate your scenes, make every character behave foolishly.

If you’ve spent any time studying the rules of writing fiction, you’ll know that stories must have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Howeve

Why am I having difficulty picking ten villains? I believe it's because fiction must be entertaining, and that includes its villains.

My twenty-one-year-old son asked me to pick my ten favorite movies of all time. He didn’t tell me why, so I cannot tell you the reason.

The last forty times my wife and I watched movie trailers at a theater, she whispers to me, “They’ve shown too much.”

If my mother were to haunt me from the next world (which would be a surprise because she is alive), I know what her incantation would be.

I've noticed throughout my study of literature that sidekicks and supporting characters are more interesting than their main counterparts.

The subject of characterization has brought me stress for many years because everyone has a different idea of what characterization means.

I’ve read hundreds of websites and more than twenty books meant to help authors write novels. Most of them didn’t help me.

Isn’t it true that many Hollywood movies lately are remakes, sequels, or based on fifty-year-old comic books?