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...
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...