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…
In my first two months on Instagram, I've gotten to know a lot of Lego builders and photographers, and I'm honored that some of my favorite Lego people there have…