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Tag: creative writing (page 2)

Writing as Sacrifice

A proper way of thinking about writing is that it is equivalent to sacrifice. I’ve written about this before, though…
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Posted on: March 3, 2021 Last updated on: March 3, 2021 Comments: 1 Written by: Kyle

Better Writing With Heuristics 2: SCENE

SCENE is an acronym-based heuristic I use when I assess my fiction writing and when I look at others’ writing.…
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Posted on: February 24, 2021 Last updated on: February 24, 2021 Comments: 2 Written by: Kyle

Better Writing With Heuristics

One important part of the development of any skill is the metacognition. This is the “thinking about thinking” that lets…
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Posted on: February 15, 2021 Last updated on: February 15, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

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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Posted on: December 16, 2020 Last updated on: December 16, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

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…
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Posted on: December 7, 2020 Last updated on: December 7, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

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,…
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Posted on: December 2, 2020 Last updated on: December 2, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

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.…
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Posted on: December 1, 2020 Last updated on: December 1, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

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…
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Posted on: November 25, 2020 Last updated on: November 25, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

3 Tips for Writing Better Science Fiction

It’s been a while since I’ve talked about specialized craft, and today I want to focus on some important elements…
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Posted on: November 23, 2020 Last updated on: November 23, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle

Writing Bold Dialogue

Dialogue is a challenging part of the writing process. There are complete books written on good dialogue, and many chapters…
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Posted on: November 18, 2020 Last updated on: November 18, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: Kyle
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