Stephen Kastner
Stephen Kastner writes essays, science fiction, memoir, poetry, and is currently working on a screenplay and novel about his Quaker ancestor Thomas Maule, who was arrested for defending the wise women accused of witchcraft in Salem in 1692. He leads the Green Mountain Writers Group in Vermont and creates digital media professionally as DesignWise Studios.
Follow his Antediluvian Attitudes on Substack: https://stephenkastner.substack.com
I Love... "It's a way to have your wedding cake runaway and eat it, too." AND "God and the Devil…
On Friday 12/17 Open Genre: Two Poems by Robert Beckhardt
On pages 24-25 I am trying to figure out how the expose of possibilities for Kristen's behavior can actually be…
On Jeff Gavin’s Scripts
I definitely want to produce two final products, a worthy novel and a screenplay. I never thought about the past-tense…
On Friday 12/17 Open Genre: The Tale of Philip and Mary English
There are actually three stages to this work. 1st, I research source material; often other books, both new and old;…
On Friday 12/17 Open Genre: The Tale of Philip and Mary English
Here's an example of the kind of tidbit info that I discover that has to be considered in creating a…
On Friday 12/17 Open Genre: The Tale of Philip and Mary English
Here's a great article on Aristotle's Six Golden Rules Of Screenwriting by Ken Miyamoto. "But what stands out most for…
On Story Development
20 I have to post my thoughts as I read... OMG airport sex. As might be expected, I want to…
On Friday Nov. 19 Open Genre–Millie Eidson’s Borrelia
"I had that dream," was it a nightmare? I'd like to remember when it was that I went to my…
On Friday 11/12 Open Genre: “as I slept” by Dennis Gray
The haibun is the combination of two poems: a prose poem and haiku. The form was popularized by the 17th century Japanese…
On Tuesday 11/16 Poetry & Performance
I hope you do not put it on eBay. It must be the original black? I had one favorite reel…
On Friday 11/5 Open Genre: “First Lines” by Charlie Messing