Scott D. Parker: Writer

How are your New Year’s Resolutions coming along? I saw a statistic that said by today—Day 36 of 2023—a shocking 80% or more people have alr...

How are those resolutions coming along? It’s Day 7 of January 2023, a full week after many of us toasted the new year at midnight and resolv...

Are you ready for 2023? I’m a firm believer in constant renewal, be that daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly resets. That is, after all, what ...

She had me with five words: The Thin Man in space. Still, I hadn’t read the book yet so I honestly waffled over whether or no to attend Mary...

Remember back on Memorial Day when I wrote a post about The Great Summer Writing Season? I said that in the 97 days between Memorial Day an...

Here in the United States, summer officially begins today, Memorial Day. It ends 97 days later on Labor Day, 5 September.  I know it is a gr...

by Scott D. Parker I’ll admit something: it’s been harder than I expected to get back into the writing routine after it laid dormant for a c...

It was now nine years ago today that I made a renewed decision to write more stories. I had an idea that began with an image—a man, wearing ...

Where has this book been all my writing life? Well, right in front of me, the entire time. I’ve known about Steven Pressfield for a good num...

Four simple words. That’s all they are, but they carry so much. If you’ve been following my post over the past few weeks, you’ll know that I...

We writers know all about the vicissitudes of writing prose, the good, the bad, the frustrating, and the glorious. Most of us know that for ...

How do you know when something you’ve written or planned out is good? That’s my question for the weekend, folks. Thanks! Okay, I’m kidding, ...

Hey! Back to words and not a video. Why? Dunno, really. Just felt like typing some thoughts rather than speaking them. Keeping a Record S...

Today, I discuss a recent interview with Larry Brooks and Joanna Penn about Larry's new book, GREAT STORIES DON'T WRITE THEMSELVES...

Who knew this week would turn out to be Gregg Hurwitz Week for me? The week started with Hurwitz's author event here in Houston. He sh...

You ever have one of those weeks in which you mutter to yourself, "What the hell's the point of all this?" The Funk Usual...

It's been six years since I resolved to complete a story, and it has  made all the difference. The Vision Before 1 May 2013, I stru...

Sometimes the day job can get you down. Day Job Writers Have Security... I think many a writer also holds down a separate day job. Mine...

Ninety-two days. Thirteen weeks. That is the number of days in the second quarter of 2019. Well, it's actually the same number of day...

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a writer wrestling with a story? Well, have I got a movie for you. When I first learned there...