James D. Best

Recently I tweeted an article I wrote about the Old West. Many people have weighed in on what the American frontier was really about. I thi...

In novels, a story arc usually refers to rhythm of a story from introduction, to big trouble, to resolution. Basically, the rise and fall of...

There have been some memorable fictional characters. Sherlock Holmes , James Bond , Hercule Poirot , and Harry Potter to name a few....

The above names are fictional. Make-believe people known the world over. How does a branded character come about? They must be di...