The Literary Mercenary

From the billionaire CEO, to the war-mongering politician, to the supervillain in power armor, or the tyrannical stepmother, fiction is choc...

Too often authors think of themselves as slaves to their stories. They claim they aren't responsible for the actions of their characters...

For folks who didn't know, Pixar has a list of writing rules that people are expected to follow when crafting storylines for the company...

It's the 17th of September in 2025. A right wing organizer and talking head was gunned down onstage. In the chaos, the shooter seemed to...