I am not a fan of trigger warnings. I have often speculated about whether or not there’s a place for ratings on books just like we have for movies.

In designing realistic and interesting characters, I can see using profiling as a new tool. As I contemplate this, I see a few noble reasons that support profiling.

I had started writing a short story called Dr. Bonz. It is about a student that goes to be a research assistant for a mad doctor in a remote laboratory compound.

I learned some interesting facts about serial killers. I can select the type of serial killer I want to employ.

I am in the process of reading a book called Howdunit to learn how to write crime and police procedure in my novels. This week I learned about processing a crime scene.

The main character, Bateman is a shallow, self absorbed, psychopath who obliviously flaunts his horrific escapades.

First of all, I never knew until now that Phycho had been loosely based upon a real serial killer.

This week I did some reading in a book called Howdunit Street Cops. I learned quite a bit about leveraging basic law enforcement procedure to writer better characters

When I think about “Suspension of Disbelief” it seems like a simple question on the surface right?

This week one of my assignments for my Reading in genre class was to examine a passage in the book Writers Workshop of Horror.

This week took a look at “old world” monsters. When I think of these monsters, my mind goes way back to early mythology.

As a new writer point of view, or POV, has been one of the things that has baffled me so far. Actually, almost everything about writing has baffled me so far lol.

In learning about aha moments, I realized that as a new writer I have a long way to go. I have very few moments, but they do exist even at this early stage.

I have often wondered what would happen if there were self-replicating nanoparticles that changed people's DNA. Who knows they might already exist, they probably do!

I have never contemplated the concept of having a personal theme, or as I think of it, a personal signature or fingerprint in my writing style.

I absolutely hate when a story is ruined by poorly crafted sequels. The examples that you mentioned are just the tip of the iceberg.

In this essay we learn how to leverage setting to improve our story telling. In some cases setting is even considered a character.