by William Miller | Apr 20, 2022 | Writing
My Thoughts on Plot (Everything Wrong with the Hero’s Journey) the article? That’s an interesting digression from my novel. 🙂 And I have lots of thoughts about plot, but maybe not enough for an article. The main thought is that it’s a literary “Sacred Cow.” I...
by William Miller | Dec 4, 2021 | Writing
If you want to make a living as an author, you need to study and become an expert in 5 very important foundational areas. These five foundations are key to becoming a best seller. All of the authors I know, who are making a living with their fiction, have these 5...
by William Miller | Apr 25, 2020 | Writing
“All stories are the same!” Joseph Campbell helped popularize this idea in his seminal work the Hero With A Thousand Faces. His contention is that all stories share the same framework. Only the names are different. I’m here to tell you; that’s wrong! The Hero’s...
by William Miller | Jan 22, 2020 | Writing
If you’ve studied story telling at all, you’ve undoubtedly run across the Hero’s Journey. You may even be under the impression it is the ONLY story model and that ALL stories are actually just retellings of the Hero’s Journey. To his credit, Joseph Campbell did a...
by William Miller | Sep 17, 2019 | Writing
The real reason you never finish a book. This is sort of a follow up post to my recent blog on the Secret Success Formula for Writers. Tell me if this sounds familiar? You’ve spent six years working on the same book but you never seem to finish. Your hard drive...
by William Miller | Aug 20, 2019 | Writing
The Secret Formula for Success as an Author You’ve probably been told there is no secret to success as an author. No magic bullet. You’ve heard it time and again from successful traditionally published authors, indie authors, and struggling writers alike....
by William Miller | Aug 13, 2019 | Writing
A reader’s review of Crafting FictionThis is Reblogged from Dave Burnham:I picked up a Kindle copy of this title (Crafting Fiction) because I’m a great believer in the old adage “you never stop learning,” and when it comes to writing fiction, it definitely...
by William Miller | Nov 6, 2018 | Writing
If you enjoy spy fiction, there is plenty to choose from. There are gems, like John Le Carré’s Spy Who Came In From The Cold, to the pulpy schlock of Don Pendleton. The genre offers everything from the sublime to hackneyed knockoffs, and everything in between. If you...
by William Miller | Oct 29, 2018 | Writing
It’s a sunny Saturday afternoon in downtown Saint Petersburg, Florida, just after 2pm. The sidewalks along Central Avenue are crowded with shoppers and tourists. The aroma of fresh pizza mingles together with the pungent odor of diesel from a passing city bus. A...
by William Miller | Aug 23, 2018 | Writing
There are four major sticking points to successfully selling books on amazon. I call these possible sticking points the four hurdles because, just like a foot race, if you trip over even a single one of these hurdles, you lose the customer and the sale. What...
