Writing Prompt: True Nature
Would your characters see these shadows on Hank’s garage as a portent? Or as proof the sun is shining?
Read MorePosted by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Mar 11, 2018 | Writing Prompts
Would your characters see these shadows on Hank’s garage as a portent? Or as proof the sun is shining?
Read MorePosted by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Feb 23, 2018 | Craft
In the Q and A, one young woman raised her hand, and asked: “How do you keep up the suspense and emotion in your novels?”
Well, great question. And it got me thinking.
Posted by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Feb 18, 2018 | Writing Prompts
How might your character communicate with someone else – without saying one word?
Read MorePosted by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Feb 9, 2018 | Craft, Thriller
What’s the key to a good thriller? It’s not a formula, but there are basic conventions that thriller writers understand. And then your imagination can take off from there.
Read MorePosted by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Feb 3, 2018 | Life
As career authors, we figure any time is the time to make a new start—our manuscripts start and stop on individual schedules, so why not our writerly resolutions?
Read MorePosted by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Jan 28, 2018 | Writing Prompts
“With our thoughts we make the world,” said Buddha. But what if our character’s thoughts are wrong?
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