Many people say writing can’t be taught. But it can certainly be learnt. (I actually think it can be taught as well, or I would not teach it.) When we’re young and full of beans we like to think we know it all. It’s hard to admit to yourself you don’t how to do something. [...]
Paulo Coelho, in amongst his thoughts on the insanity of SOPA, shares the idea that all writers are only recycling four stories. First, because all anyone ever does is recycle the same four themes: a love story between two people, a love triangle, the struggle for power, and the story of a journey. I [...]
