How Waiting in Line Is the Purest Form of Democracy
Nobody likes waiting in line. You’re waiting in line at the DMV, for concert tickets, movie tickets, at the theme park. In […]
Hong Kong Bank of China as Giant Protest Sign
As some of us sit around in the burgs and hamlets of the United States, knitting our fingers and wondering about the […]
Killed When Cleaning Gun: Alibis That Never Make Sense
In the annals of crime, crime fiction, and crime news stories even to this day is the phrase killed when cleaning the […]
Switchboard Receptionist School: Never Again
File this one in the annals of things that will never again exist: switchboard operator school. This ad from the June 1, […]
Nancy Kovack, Forgotten Siren of the Sixties, the One That Got Away
Nancy Kovack is long retired, no need to act anymore, and firmly married to conductor Zubin Mehta. But in her day, she […]
Causality Story Sequencer: Stroke-of-Genius Plot Structuring Software You Need
For fiction or scriptwriters, it’s the age-old problem of balancing the creative right-brain side of masterful prose, characters, inner thoughts, and scene […]
“The Mob” (1951): Unsung Film Noir With Stellar Cast
In some kind of dream classic film world, you would watch a movie with Broderick Crawford, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Kiley, Neville Brand, […]
Story Premise Examples: 500 Sample Story Premise/Loglines to Work From
If you cannot get your story premise pounded into solid shape, you don’t have a story. So why should you proceed? When […]
How to Build a Solid Story Premise
Get your story premise right, and the rest of the story-writing experience will go much smoother. Crafting a solid story premise is […]
Crime Up and Down at the Same Time: Meet Your New Local News – Hoodline
Local news is in shambles, no doubt about that. Hyper-local newspapers are either struggling or no longer exist. In my community, the […]