There is nothing more exhilarating than watching live actors transport you to an imaginary world. There is a magic about theater that no other media can match, and a playwright has the fantastic fortune to watch their vision performed in the flesh. However, despite the seeming simplicity of many iconic plays, the process is not … Read more
Lin-Manuel Miranda took seven years to write Hamilton and an entire year just to compose the song My Shot. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera took four years from its inception to Broadway, as well as his famous Broadway spectacle called Cats. If musical theater is your passion you might wonder how long it … Read more
Getting a screenplay produced and directed is the goal. Whether it’s the big screen, a streaming series, or a traditional tv show, you want an audience. So why do the majority of screenwriters fail? Here are 7 reasons why most screenwriters fail: Focusing on getting an agent and producer. Forgetting the fundamentals of storytelling. Not … Read more
Kindle Unlimited is a great program for enthusiastic readers to consume as much literature as possible. As an author, it’s possible to make a substantial amount of money by offering your ebooks through this service, as long as you get enough page reads. Luckily, there are some tricks authors use successfully to gain more readers … Read more
Posting your poetry on Instagram or any other social media platform has advantages and disadvantages. There are several ways for the platform to work to your benefit, yet depending on your intentions and goals as a poet, publishing on Instagram can backfire if not used appropriately. You consider putting your poetry on Instagram as a … Read more
Writing a novel seems like an overwhelming undertaking, especially if you’ve never written one. A writer needs to keep up with the characters and plot, worry about grammar, and find time to write. So how long does it take to put a novel to paper? It can take several months to several years to write … Read more
Asking how long it will take to write a novel is a reasonable question for a beginning writer. If you aren’t ready or can commit several months to a first draft, a short story is more manageable. So can a short story be written on a weekend, or should a writer budget more time? It … Read more
You put together the best poetry book yet and you’re hoping to be paid for your hard work. But then you found out that poetry books might be one of the worst-selling books on the market. How much can you make if you publish a poetry book? You can make as little as $0 up … Read more
A poetry book is a blank canvas that a poet can fill with whatever they want, and there is no limit to how many words or pages a poetry book can be. But if you’re writing a poetry book to submit to a traditional publisher, how many words should you aim for? There should be … Read more
Ever wonder how famous authors manage to continuously publish new novels, year after year, to a seemingly endless success? Could it be that these literary heavyweights use ghostwriters to produce their best-selling, list-topping, millions-making titles for them? It certainly would explain a few things for the rest of us. Some famous authors do use ghostwriters, … Read more