While passing through Barnes and Noble the other day, I arrived upon something of a paradox in American media. As far as we’ve come as a free society, we’re really not communicating very much. By that, I don’t mean we’re not reading, watching, or listening to as much as we should. We simply lack [...]

Literature is more than just storytelling. In order to get the most out of a work, one should go beyond reading the words on a page and think in terms of a deeper meaning. And though most books, poems, and plays do tell a story, there is usually a lot more going on [...]

For literature lovers, hearing the phrase “Oh, I’ll just see the movie instead of read the book” can be pretty aggravating. There seems to be a dangerous yet accepted notion that a film can portray the ideas of a novel just as effectively as the original text can. And though some people realize [...]

April is upon us, and that of course means that means that Script Frenzy is on! Script Frenzy is like NaNoWriMo, but instead of completing a novel in a month, the idea is to complete a script in a month. Writing a script can be just as tough, if not tougher, than writing [...]

Inside you’ll find a list of March contest entrants for you to read and vote on, some housekeeping trivia for this past month, the Critiquer of the Month award, and an important new policy. Read on for details!