The Blog of Donald White

It is fairly easy to know where to begin a work. However, the ending comes after a long, hard journey to get there. During that time, the d...

They say brevity is the soul of wit. Long, drawn-out descriptions can rob a scene of its strength. What needs to be said can usually be com...

Comedy tends to make light of other’s misfortunes. Tragedy focuses on adversity for dramatic effect. What is it about man that he finds mis...

A poem I wrote about the meeting of two worlds: The Traveler I dreamed a waking dream as I rode into the night. I dreamed that ...

Real people do not fit into convenient little boxes. They quite often do things that would be deemed to be out of character. Each person ha...

Writing is the ultimate form of expression. You can write about anything. The stifling rules of reality need not apply, for the only limits...

“Real life” is a misnomer, for in the real world human beings cannot truly be themselves. This is a blessing, because it protects us from t...