If Walls Could Talk

M.H. Norris Deadlines are a part of writing. When I wrote Badge City: Notches, I had a deadline of about twelve weeks to do all the research, write a couple drafts, and turn it in (on finals week no less -

What is the number one reason a writer's short story gets rejected? Is it from bad grammar, poorly researched facts, or shaky story structure? These might be the reasons you would think but they aren't the top one I've run across

I remember when I first heard the story behind the Miranda rights. I was reading Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide For Writers by Lee Lofland (which, if you’re writing anything that involves police and procedure I highly recommend this

M.H. Norris With most networks coming to their season finales, my mind naturally switches to television. It’s no secret that I love television and hope to write for it. It's worthy of study. On a The Flash, Barry and Iris got married

M.H. Norris We were recording the podcast when our guest, David Annandale, talked about the value of an outline. He countered one of my primary objections, that an outline limits you and is constricting. He even went as far as to

M.H. Norris Over the last few months, I’ve been pushing myself harder than I probably should. And I know I shouldn’t, but I do find myself doing it every so often. One time I did it resulted in what I now

M.H. Norris Usually when you use the term pre-production, you are referring to a film project. Pre-Production is that magical time before a show/movie starts filming where you develop the show/movie. For the sake of the post, I’ll refer to a

It takes me several drafts to even be remotely happy with what I write. I write a draft, and it takes me forever to do it. Why? Because the entire time I write the first draft, I think it’s utter garbage. James

I’ll be honest with y’all, I have not had the most productive start. I’ve done some research, but as for putting actual words on the paper I’ve had a rather lackluster start to the year. Monday was probably one of my