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About This Author
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Thoughts on Writing
  Here are some short essays that summarize lessons I've learned about the craft of fiction. Many thanks to the patient folks who waded through my fiction and took the time to help me be a better author. I hope these articles help other authors, just as others have helped me. Some of these essays were commissioned by the now-defunct--and lamented!--Art of Criticism Symposium. Just One Point of View Just one point of view on point of view Really Just One Point of View This essay discusses free indirect discourse, a refinement of third person limited. Meaning in Fiction Does meaning matter in fiction? Showing Why Showing is Important Why showing is important in fiction Finding Plot How Structure Makes Compelling Stories To Be or Not Why published authors can break "the rules" and beginners should not. Max's Alphabetized links to Useful Stuff Some links to things every author needs. Describing Characters Character Descriptions and point of view Does Practice Really Make Perfect? Some thoughts on the value of peer review groups. Peer Review Groups and In-Depth Reviews Some thoughts on reviews in peer review groups. Comments on "The Master" Comments on Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" Prometheus Review Review of Prometheus No Signal in "The Signal" Review of "The Signal" Max's Newsletter Archive Max's Newsletter Archive Allegory of the Cave
The Allegory of the Cave and Fiction |
