Tag: The Eight Basic Plots

  • An infinite number of writing tips: A review of Monkeys with Typewriters

    An infinite number of writing tips: A review of Monkeys with Typewriters

    Reviewed in this essay: Monkeys with Typewriters, Scarlett Thomas, Canongate, 2012 Those who can, write; those who can’t, write how-to-write manuals. Of the thousands of fiction and screenwriting how-to books out there, far too few are by published or produced writers. In fact, this former wannabe screenwriter can’t think of a single one. Until now.