by Colin Thomas | Aug 7, 2011 | Review
Substantive editors such as myself help writers to structure their stories. For full-length manuscripts, I work a lot with a three-act model. The three-act model breaks down pretty simply. In Act 1, we find out what the ordinary world of the protagonist (the hero) is...
by Colin Thomas | Dec 6, 1997 | Review
A few years ago, I was talking with a local director in a theatre lobby. I had recently given a show of his a mixed review and, as we spoke, he became so enraged that I braced myself for a blow to the head. He and I had already had an extended and difficult...
