The Fine Art of Revision Preparation
Writing is a multi-step process. A first draft is rarely of sufficient quality to publish, but the art of getting…
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Becoming A Content Creation Machine
Content creation is the output of any creative endeavor. Today, I’m going to discuss how to maximize your abilities as…
Babylon’s Echo, Part 1
“Got a job for you, Smith. Three wire-heads stole some prototypes out in the deadzone, didn’t have enough sense not…
Should You Use Writing Software to Edit?
In some of my MFA courses, I’ve brought up the fact that I use software to edit and gotten a…
Serum, Part 10
Gray woke before I did. Maybe she didn’t even sleep; the dark rings around her eyes still haunt me. She…
Writing the Very Failed Story
I didn’t post anything on Friday, despite that being my usual weekly fiction post. Last week would have seen the…
NaNoWriMo 2020 Postmortem: What Did I Learn?
I successfully completed NaNoWriMo. Though the novel I was working on for it has two connecting bits left to write,…
How to Write a Compelling Antagonist
A compelling antagonist makes a story great. They’re often as memorable as a protagonist is and connect viscerally with audiences.…
Serum, Part 9
I took a few moments to observe the stranger before I approached her. She had a gun strapped to her…
NaNoWriMo Week 4: Planning or Pantsing
I have now written one complete novel and nine-tenths of another. For my first novel, I went through a robust…