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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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.…
Better Writing With Heuristics
One important part of the development of any skill is the metacognition. This is the “thinking about thinking” that lets…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Writing Bold Dialogue
Dialogue is a challenging part of the writing process. There are complete books written on good dialogue, and many chapters…