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Does Length (or Size) Matter?

Does Length (or Size) Matter?

by Tom Hogan | Feb 24, 2023 | Book Coach, Screenplays, short story, So You Want to Be a Writer, Teaching, The Forever Game, Writing

After all these years of writing and having some of my work published, I rarely, if ever, considered word count. It wasn’t until Newsweek told me to lose 200 words of my carefully (and beautifully) constructed article on pedophilia in the Catholic clergy that I...
Taking It Scene by Scene: a coach’s advice

Taking It Scene by Scene: a coach’s advice

by Tom Hogan | Feb 6, 2023 | Book Coach, Screenplays, So You Want to Be a Writer, Teaching, The Forever Game, Writing

If you think you’re a pretty good writer (which I do) and you want to become a better writer (which I also do), then my advice is to hire an editor. Bear in mind, though, that even though you’re paying them, a good editor will be direct and honest, often brutally so....
Want Help? Just Ask.

Want Help? Just Ask.

by Tom Hogan | Jan 3, 2023 | Writing, Book Coach, Screenplays, So You Want to Be a Writer, Teaching

In my previous novels, I’ve stuck pretty much to the maxim:  write what you know. Readers who don’t know me might raise their eyes at this statement, since my three novels have been about sexual violence and prison life; genocide; and pedophilia. In my defense, I...
Sideways and Down

Sideways and Down

by Tom Hogan | Dec 6, 2022 | Screenplays, So You Want to Be a Writer, Teaching, The Forever Game, Writing

As promised, every two weeks (until I catch up to the work in progress), I’ll include a chapter, in sequence, of my novel-in-progress, The Forever Game. What follows is the opening chapter (remember, there were two different prologues, one for the script and one for...
The Alternative Prologue

The Alternative Prologue

by Tom Hogan | Nov 3, 2022 | Screenplays, So You Want to Be a Writer, Teaching, Writing

If you read the previous blog, please continue reading. If you’re joining this blog at this point, I’d recommend going back and reading the previous installment. Here’s the deal:  I’m writing my next project as both a script and novel. I opened both with the...
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