How to avoid the cardinal sin in storytelling.

The best and worst miraculous saves in film.

James Kirk is the only Starfleet officer to beat the unbeatable, but does that mean he passed?

The music that inspires and focuses my mind for writing.

Greetings, intrepid readers! M. H. Barton here with another blog on the art and craft of storytelling. Today, I’m leaning hard into my...

Could the Avengers Civil War have been avoided, and how would it have changed the Infinity Saga?

When heroes lose everything, how do they respond?

What happens when a writer starts his career as a pantser, then converts to being a plotter?

Ever since I was a little boy, I've wanted to be a bestselling author... Sorry, is that how you expected this to start? Truth be told,...