I juxtaposed three builds from the LEGO City Advent Calendar for each of the 8 nights of Hanukkah, which gave me an ideal prompt for my vignettes on Instagram.
I help Lego builder "brickplate" (Sid Dinsay) install his model of St. Patrick's Cathedral at the Lego Store in Rockefeller Center.
Rather than telling how a character feels, or what the reader should think, the writer creates an image and lets the reader draw conclusions.
Details are important, and a story with a well-drawn and well-integrated setting cannot take place anywhere else.
In contrast to linear, chronological narrative, a layered narrative plays with time sequence to reveal character bit by bit and to build curiosity and suspense.
By keeping the expressions and clothing of my minifigs consistent, I give them identity and personality. Writers must do the same with characters.
A preview of October's blog posts, which will explore what Lego building can teach us about writing short stories and novels.
I celebrate the first anniversary of my blog and talk about my plans for it in the coming year.
I replaced the old iWeb template for my website that I designed myself with a professionally developed WordPress template.
When I was in middle and high school, I wanted to be popular, more than anything else in the world. However, my weak social skills rendered that goal pretty much…