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...
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...
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...
by Tom Hogan | Sep 1, 2022 | Writing, Personal, So You Want to Be a Writer, Teaching
For better or worse, with my previous three novels I’ve known the ending before I started writing. I appreciate those authors who say they just start writing and go where the characters take them. I’m not one of them. I know where the novel ends and usually where it...
by Tom Hogan | Aug 12, 2022 | So You Want to Be a Writer, Writing
I’m almost at the point where I’m about to start writing. This time around I’ve taken a much more measured, deliberate approach to laying out the book, characters, plot, sub-plots before, in the old adage, ‘putting pen to paper.’ I’m no expert on how to write—I’ve...
by Tom Hogan | Aug 4, 2022 | Writing, Inspiration, So You Want to Be a Writer
Having written and published three novels, as well as one business book, I’m getting the hang of this writing thing. It doesn’t mean I’m any good at it, but I’ve got scars and lessons that I’m applying to the fourth novel and that I believe can be of interest and...
