PJ Reece

PJ REECE, geographer, filmmaker, and finally (although it's not over yet) a writer. I seem to have an obsession and it's called THE HEART OF THE STORY. My professional writing career hurled me into that abyss and I haven't found a good reason to talk about much else. There's a lot of jibber jabber among writers about "how-to" write, but I say "where to" is key. The story heart is always the destination. My blog concerns itself with this lethal heart.

I live on the west coast of British Columbia where I've scripted documentaries for most of the big networks including National Geographic, Discovery Channel, and A&E. My first novel, "Smoke that Thunders" grew from an unsold screenplay. (It was optioned three times!) "ROXY" is my second published novel, followed by "Flight of the Patriot," a memoir of escape from Iran (for which I settled on being the ghostwriter, although my name should have been on the cover, but that's another story).

"Story Structure to Die For" is my radical overview of story, about which one reader said this: "PJ, I've been teaching creative writing on the college level for 35 years and I was never able to reduce everything to this simple formula. You just dropped out of heaven for me." I hope she's just as crazy about my upcoming book: "Story Structure Expedition: Journey to the Story Heart."