Robb GrindstaffJul 26, 20217 min readSarah Mae's HolidaySarah Mae Scanlon wasn’t a particularly religious person, never attended church services, but she loved the holidays. She loved all the...
Robb GrindstaffJul 7, 20213 min readSighs don't matter"When you’re writing fiction, how often do your characters sigh? That's too often." What is a sigh? It’s a deep, slow breath that is...
Robb GrindstaffMay 1, 20212 min readA little chat-chit about the Bad Big WolfClocks go tick-tock. Horses go clip-clop. Doorbells go ding-dong. Why don’t they go tock-tick, clop-clip, and dong-ding? And why is the...
Robb GrindstaffDec 12, 20204 min readWriting in 3-D, Part III: Despair3-D writing is the art of surrounding readers with your story, pulling them in and making them a part of it rather than just a reader....
Robb GrindstaffDec 12, 20204 min readWriting in 3-D, Part II: Description3-D writing is the art of surrounding readers with your story, pulling them in and making them a part of it rather than just a reader....
Robb GrindstaffDec 12, 20204 min readWriting in 3-D, Part I: DialogueA few years back, my wife and I went to see the movie Avatar in 3-D. I hadn’t seen a 3-D movie since I was a kid in some distant century....