Chekhov’s gun is a dramatic principle that requires every element in a narrative to be irreplaceable, with anything else removed: Remove everything that has no relevance to the story. If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go […]Read Post ›
“That most fundamental set of rights to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness — fundamental rights that were denied to college students at Virginia Tech, and high school students at Columbine, and elementary school students in Newtown, and kids on street corners in Chicago on too frequent a basis to tolerate, and all […]Read Post ›
While my heart goes out to the family of Trayvon Martin, and I mourn the loss of such a young, promising life, this issue has moved beyond these sentiments. This is NOT about a white man killing a black youth for no reason. This is about a white man killing a black youth for no […]Read Post ›
While you were sleeping 