Charles Kunken May 7, 2026 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#38 How Much? Charles Kunken May 7, 2026 S5, Hollywood Heist I've got the edits back...time to crank.
Charles Kunken February 12, 2026 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#37 I'm Not Dead Charles Kunken February 12, 2026 S5, Hollywood Heist Hello, by the way…
Charles Kunken September 7, 2023 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#36 The New Cover Charles Kunken September 7, 2023 S5, Hollywood Heist Please judge.
Charles Kunken August 31, 2023 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#35 The Ken Kunken Story Charles Kunken August 31, 2023 S5, Hollywood Heist The most important book published by a Kunken this year.
Charles Kunken February 16, 2023 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#34 The Last Envelope Charles Kunken February 16, 2023 S5, Hollywood Heist You're only as good as the last envelope....THE MANUSCRIPT IS COMPLETE!
Charles Kunken November 10, 2022 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#33 On Meeting Your Heroes Charles Kunken November 10, 2022 S5, Hollywood Heist I still think it’s a good idea…
Charles Kunken October 27, 2022 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#32 Story vs. Plot Charles Kunken October 27, 2022 S5, Hollywood Heist I recently learned the difference between story and plot. Thats what I’ve been working on for the past 2 years…
Charles Kunken December 23, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#31 Colson Whitehead Wrote A Heist Charles Kunken December 23, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist 1960's Harlem and a Pulitzer Prize winner enters the genre with 'HARLEM SHUFFLE'. Here's some lessons.
Charles Kunken September 9, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#30 Chapter Endings: The Canary in The Coal Mine Charles Kunken September 9, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist Why they are a litmus test and have resulted in more re-writing than any other editing aspect.
Charles Kunken August 19, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#29 Finding The Ghost Charles Kunken August 19, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist This will solve everything for your novel. At least that’s my hypothesis.
Charles Kunken August 12, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#28 Five Lessons (So Far) On Writing And Heists Charles Kunken August 12, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist In some heists the floor is hot lava. In others you can scamper right across the lobby. Here are 5 misc. things I’ve learned thus far on the genre and the process of writing.
Charles Kunken August 5, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#27 The Emotional Craft of Storytelling Charles Kunken August 5, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist 3 Lesson about writing emotions from ‘The Emotional Craft of Fiction’ by Donald Mass.
Charles Kunken July 15, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#26 What Is Voice?? Charles Kunken July 15, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist And why does everybody keep saying you need to find it? My thoughts...
Charles Kunken July 8, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#25 On Becoming A Novelist by John Gardener Charles Kunken July 8, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist Three (plus one) hidden gems I uncovered this week from circa 1983, for anybody on their grind; from John Gardener's 'On Becoming A Novelist'
Charles Kunken July 2, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#24 The Art of Jump Cuts Charles Kunken July 2, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist Three writerly ninja moves I've collected this week.
Charles Kunken June 23, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#23 Blockbuster Economics And Other Act One Research Charles Kunken June 23, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist A list of my research books with cool tidbits before I retire them. (It’s my attempt to move on from toiling away on Act 1).
Charles Kunken June 17, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#22 Psychic Frequency Charles Kunken June 17, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist How often do best selling authors tell you what the character is thinking? (Spreadsheets inside.)
Charles Kunken June 10, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#21 Narrative Drive Charles Kunken June 10, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist There are three states of information in a book. You either know: (1) More than the hero; (2) Less than the hero or; (3) The same as the hero.And there’s one more state in a heist.
Charles Kunken June 3, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#20 It's All About How You React Charles Kunken June 3, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist Here is some more research into why this is taking so long: I've unintentionally been tackling this story in three stages.
Charles Kunken May 27, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist HH#19 Three Lessons From This Week: Actions, Verbs, & Getting Surprised Charles Kunken May 27, 2021 S5, Hollywood Heist Today I have three small lessons I’ve collected and observed lately. In other words, three more things I am in the process of overthinking.