Wordcraft
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The Perfect Murder: Editing Your Screenplay
Your script consultant says cut 25 pages. Screenwriter Jeanne V. Bowerman shares eleven ways to edit a screenplay with a serial killer's efficiency, and leave no fingerprints.
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What Was the Holy Grail Before It Was Holy?
The first Grail story never calls it holy or even clearly a cup. How a golden serving dish became the cup of Christ—and what that teaches writers about myth.
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Post Apocalyptic or Post-Apocalyptic or Postapocalyptic?
A tongue-in-cheek case for dropping the hyphen from "post-apocalyptic"—and why search engines and plain laziness might matter more than the rulebook.
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The Authority of Authors
Author and authority share a Latin root: someone who causes something to exist. A look at who controls the narrative and the power writers wield on the page.
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Wasteland
Merriam-Webster says a wasteland is barren and spiritually arid. So why does the word feel so good to write? A dig through etymology, Chernobyl, and 1838 law.
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The Nine Parts of Speech and the F Word
A shamelessly profane grammar lesson proving that one very specific word can stand in for all nine parts of speech.