As a science fiction writer, I love to write what if stories.  Some popular TV shows and movies deal with what if.  "The Man In the High Tower" is such a program.  It is about America if we lost the Second World War.  Germany controls the Eastern part of America while...

Writers use first, second, third, and fourth person perspectives when writing stories.  Here is an example of first person writing:        I looked across the field and saw her gliding like a dream toward me.  I shouted out to her, "Rita, you look fantastic.  Where...

A hero is often someone who is doing his job in such a way that he has no regard for his safety and doesn't mind if no one notices.  A villain is someone who often thinks he is doing what is right because it supports what he wants.  An expendable is often someone that...

When is the last time you heard a person talk profoundly to his dog or cat?         "Come here, thou furry companion.  The one I have bestowed the name of Buster, the canine  pictured in Buster Brown shoe ads."          Who in their right mind talks like that?  It...

   One of the ten commandments states that no one should use the Lord's name in vane.  I find that many preachers constantly use the Lord's name in vane when they write books that might mention God.  But He takes second place to the writer and what he believes.  Some...