5/24/2022 blog

On creative writing

I am almost done with a new novella and have two others in the pipeline with my publisher.

But sometimes I can feel a bit empty of ideas as a writer. I guess the two basic themes of fiction are self-improvement and improvement or degradation of your environment.j

At a literary conference, one author said the two basic themes that are in most fiction are: “someone sets out on a journey or a stranger comes town.”