Story Structure vs. Reader Experience.

When I revise my work, or when I’m editing someone else’s work, there are two main elements I consider. The first is story structure:  what the story is. The second is reader experience.  This is how the story is told. Structure first. When I revise, the...

Coloring Inside The Lines.

This is a short post — I’m planning on writing more posts, quantitatively speaking, but in the World o’ Cruise, I’m taking it a bit easier on myself. I was drawing and coloring with my son today. He’s still sort of all over the place, but...