A place to find Stephen Monteith's fiction, podcast, and other works
Proper compensation and regulating the use of A.I.-generated content were major points of concern in last year’s Writers Guild and Screen Actors Guild strikes; and they’re major points of concern for *all* artists.
Are you writing the kind of mystery you like to solve? Can you solve it the way it’s written? If you can’t, then I guarantee your readers won’t be able to. In this episode, I talk about how to write good mysteries.
James Cameron has taken us to a new world, with new life and new civilizations. A lot of people around the world love the Avatar movies, but a lot of people have concerns about them. In this podcast, I talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly about Avatar.
Worldbuilding is one of a writer’s most important tasks. Whatever you write, whether it’s regular fiction or science fiction, whether it’s for books, movies, comics, television, or even video games, you need to build a strong foundation for it. You need to build a world for it.
Many writers debate the use and necessity of maps, prologues, and epilogues in fiction. Here are my thoughts on the subjects.
I’ve always been a writer, and a few years ago, I decided it was time to start acting like a professional one; and that meant paying taxes like one.
In the time of coronavirus, conventions are going virtual.
It’s been a month since my last movie post. It’s time to catch up on what I’ve seen and what I recommend.
The most important part of any story, even more so than the plot itself, is the characters. We need to be able to empathize with them if we’re going to continue reading about and watching them. But do the characters need to be humans for us to care what happens to them?