Sol Stein sold me on “The Actor’s Studio Method for Developing Drama in Plots”

Some of my regular readers might notice that my usual response to frustration in the midst of a writing projectis to start borrowing writing books from the library and systematically going through them (in addition toeating chocolate, cleaning, and spending too much time on Facebook as an avoidance strategy).

A new favorite writing book, chock full of original, well-informed, and practical advice.

I’m two volumes into my current stack of five. The last couple of days, I’ve been reading Stein on...