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Battleships and Sailboats

Battleships and Sailboats

by Tom Hogan | Sep 22, 2023 | So You Want to Be a Writer, Book Coach, Screenplays, Teaching, The Forever Game, Writing

When Crowded Ocean (my marketing consultancy with Carol Broadbent) was in business, the core of our engagement with our startup clients was a positioning/messaging workshop we conducted with the startup founder(s) and core players. One of the things we taught that, as...
Two Great Tools

Two Great Tools

by Tom Hogan | Sep 8, 2023 | Screenplays, So You Want to Be a Writer, Teaching, The Forever Game, Writing

Steinbeck used to contrast his “big books” (East of Eden, Grapes of Wrath) with his smaller gems (Cannery Row, Of Mice and Men) and the difficulties that each type of book posed. One of my early readers, who has read all three of my novels, has been after me to write...
Skinnying Down Your Writing

Skinnying Down Your Writing

by Tom Hogan | Aug 31, 2023 | The Forever Game, Book Coach, Screenplays, So You Want to Be a Writer, Teaching, Writing

Among the many wise things that Winston Churchill said, one that applies to us writers is:  If you want me to speak for two minutes, it will take me three weeks of preparation. If you want me to speak for thirty minutes, it will take me a week to prepare. If you...
The Schizophrenia of Writing Novels and Scripts 

The Schizophrenia of Writing Novels and Scripts 

by Tom Hogan | Aug 17, 2023 | The Forever Game, Book Coach, Screenplays, So You Want to Be a Writer, Writing

If you’re feeling emotionally and psychologically balanced, I have a way to fix that:  for your next writing project, render it as both a novel and a script at the same time. I’ve been doing that with The Forever Game, the novel (and script) that I’m halfway...
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...
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